Ambassador Yan Xiusheng met with the Honorable Indar Weir, Minister of Agriculture and Food and Nutritional Security of Barbados on June 1st, 2022 in the Embassy, discussed the proposed Vegetable Planting Demonstration Project in Barbados by Hunan Province of China. Political Councellor Mr. Huang Xinhua , CEO of Barbados Agriculture Management Company(BAMC) and Barbados Agriculture Development and Marketing Company(BADMC),Chief Economic Adviser to the Minister of Finance of Barbados attended the meeting.
Ambassador Yan Xiusheng said that agriculture is among the important pragmatic cooperations between China and Barbados. Prime Minister Mottley attches great importance to food security,and emphasizes repeatedly the critical importance of food security to Barbados. Hunan Province of China possesses advanced modern agricultural technology and has rich experience in vegetable planting.Vegetable greenhouse can screen the most suitable vegetable varieties for the local soil and climate of Barbados, which could be demonstrated and promoted. This will help to improve vegetable planting capacity and secure food security of Barbados.
Minister Weir said , Barbados highly appreciates and welcomes Hunan Province’s implementation of the Vegetable Planting Demonstration Project in Barbados, which will help to promote the agriculture development and food security of Barbados.Barbados will render any assistance to the implementation of the project, further deepen the agriculture cooperation between our two countries.
June 1st, 2022