The proposal to establish a Barbados National Farming Association is getting the full support of a Government senator.Senator Lorenzo Harewood told the Upper Chamber on Tuesday that the suggestion for a new representative body was one of the ideas coming out of a recent meeting he had with local farmers which was convened to discuss issues including praedial larceny, accessing water at more reasonable rates and garnering more support for the sector.“I will support that initiative any day of this year or any other year and I say that, not to scoff at already established institutions like the BAS, but there is a perception over the years for a lack of better understanding by some, that the BAS in the past might have been seen as an institution that went to the newspaper whenever someone imported coconut water from Guyana; that only went to the media when someone imported chicken wings, but never really focused on building the capacity of the farmers in Barbados and many farmers stood on the side and watched it in dismay,” Senator Harewood said.
