There’s still no proper vetting to reduce the sale of stolen crops, a situation that is demoralising farmers, says chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul.
He again called for safeguards against praedial larceny, noting that farmers face millions of dollars in losses from theft each year.
In the face of the monumental effort and time required for crop cultivation, Paul said the losses continued to affect the morale of the farming community.
“I would hasten to guess and say millions of dollars in produce are lost every year as a result of praedial larceny and we need to work on these things. I don’t think that we should regress by saying there isn’t anything much that we can do. We can do more, the question is whether or not we have demonstrated the will to do more,” he said.
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Just think about the Farmer that had to take care of things when he found some Crooks in his Fielf.