The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is exploring a system to compensate farmers when their crops or livestock are damaged or destroyed during bad weather.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Paul said on Monday that an insurance initiative was under consideration, so farmers could get back on track as soon as possible after impact but it would be best for Government to be involved.“Insurance is something I know that we are looking at. We got some information together recently. The insurance companies are looking at it but the most viable form of agricultural insurance is where Government has to have some form of involvement in underwriting certain things,” he told Barbados TODAY.
