There was no need to create a new piece of legislation to offer farmers better protection against praedial larceny, says chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) James Paul.Reacting to the Parliamentary debate on the Protection of Agricultural Products Bill, 2022, which took place in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, Paul said the new bill was not necessary and the lengthy time it was taking for the legislation to be passed kept the farming community in a state of limbo.“I don’t see the need for a makeover. Every Government keeps on talking about a new bill, when really in truth and in fact all you need to do is make amendments to the existing legislation to bolster what is there. But every time you have to go back there, it puts people on pause, waiting, which doesn’t make sense,” he said.
