Barbados may not be on track to achieving all of the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 but the country is partnering with its CARICOM neighbours to improve the region’s food security and ensure its citizens have access to nutritious food.This assurance was delivered by Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir in his address to a 2022 United Nations Science Summit General Assembly activity held via Zoom on Monday.Weir spoke about CARICOM’s commitment to reducing the Caribbean’s food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025 and other initiatives Barbados was pursuing with neighbouring islands to boost agriculture production.He said the aim of these programmes was “to achieve a sustainable development goal to make sure that no person is without food within the region but, at the same time, provide an opportunity for farmers within this region to be enfranchised”.
