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Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir has warned that Barbadians will face even higher food costs and higher levels of food insecurity in the coming months as the war in Ukraine drags on, if action is not taken.It was against this background that he said the Government was moving full steam ahead with the establishment of the highly-touted Barbados/Guyana food terminal to be constructed at Lears, St Michael.Disclosing that the facility which will serve as a hub to transship agricultural produce between the island and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states will cost roughly $32 million, Weir ...

Participants in this year’s Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation’s (BEF) $20 Challenge are expected to face a steeper climb in starting and operating a successful business.With this in mind, Andrea Burgess, Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Export Barbados (BIDC), is urging participants to be realistic, innovative and creative, as they take part in the annual competition over the coming months and at a time of rising inflation.In spite of the economic conditions, officials of the $20 Challenge have indicated that there were no immediate plans to adjust the amount of money being loan...

Export Barbados (BIDC) should soon have a robust strategy in place to help build the local life sciences industry as it pursues its goal of making Barbados a…

Three local firms have come out on top in the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) and Export Barbados' Ocean Challenge. The successful firms are…

Three local firms have come out on top in the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) and Export Barbados’ Ocean Challenge. The successful firms are eligible for up to US $100,000 in non-reimbursable technical assistance grants from Compet