A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH has been made involving the Barbados Blackbelly sheep, which has the potential to revolutionise the industry and rake in significant sums.
The skin is now being transformed into leather, an initiative led by the Centre for Food Security and Entrepreneurship of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Samples of the finished products for shoes, bags, belts and other items – are on display at the centre’s base in the CARICOM Research Building, Cave Hill.
“In the commercial production there would be the widest possible assortment of leather goods. These are really just a sample. In the context of the display, what you have are some sheets of leather in different colours that were polished and treated differently for different things. It’s just to give Barbadians an idea of the possibilities,” Professor Leonard O’Garro told the DAILY NATION. (WILLCOMM)
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