24 May 2015 - Business View Caribbean
Barbados Agricultural Development
and Marketing Corporation
Developing agriculture through innovative technological applications
At its core, the mandate of the Barbados Agricultural
Development and Marketing Corporation is to empow-
er farmers and “agripreneurs” to develop sustainable
agricultural enterprises.
The organization is a statutory corporation of the Bar-
badian government’s Ministry of Agriculture and car-
ries the primary responsibility of catalyzing non-sugar
agribusiness in the island nation, which is home to
nearly 300,000 residents and is situated roughly 300
miles off the South American coast.
Toward those ends, BADMC’s Agricultural Services
team offers critical development assistance that in-
cludes the Land Lease Program, irrigation and agri-
cultural extension services and the Motor Cultivation
Scheme. It also manages several commercial units
that aid in the marketing and distribution of local and
import-controlled agricultural produce and agro-pro-
cessed goods.
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