Barbados, Guyana Working To Improve Food Security

(Barbados Government Information Service Press Release) Barbados and Guyana continue to strengthen their relationship by working to secure greater access to food supplies through boosting this island’s agriculture sector and by ensuring the continuation and expansion of imports from Guyana to help meet local needs.  

Last Saturday, a joint meeting between the two countries was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Nutritional Security with Barbadian importers of rice, fruit and vegetables to listen to their needs and address concerns, while outlining future plans between Barbados and Guyana.

Minister Indar Weir; Permanent Secretary, Terry Bascombe, and Chief Agriculture Officer, Keeley Holder, met with a Mission from Guyana, which was jointly led by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, and Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commence, Oneidge Walrond, as part of a follow-up of the Guyana-Barbados St. Barnabas Accord.   

Other participants included Special Envoy to Suriname and Guyana, Alphea Wiggins, and Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong.

Minister Weir and Ms. Holder both stressed the need for Barbados to be as self-sufficient as it could be, seeking to supplement any shortages from within CARICOM.

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Source: CARICOM TODAY