Agriculture Minister Dr Shantal Munro-Knight is placing those importers who are bringing produce which could be grown here on notice.
“We are having a challenge where we see the agricultural sector is working to increase its production, and we are still having, what I would say, in some respects, unnecessary imports. I want to put the private sector on guard. We are watching,” she said.
The minister, who was speaking this morning at the annual general meeting of the Barbados Agricultural Society at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, said it annoyed her to see large quantities of items such as pork, sugar and onions coming in when Barbados could produce enough locally.
