Barbados: Growers hope for stricter controls on onion imports

James Paul, Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society, hopes the government's measures to tighten controls on onion imports will come into effect soon. "I know the growers are still having trouble getting the onions to market, so I think whatever they plan to do will hopefully happen soon because the reality is they are competing in the market with a imported product that should not have been brought in. This is a situation that needs to be addressed quickly. And there are growers who will soon be coming with more onions because the onion season doesn't end until around June or so," said Paul. The BAS head acknowledged that Agriculture Minister ...