THE NON-PAYMENT of last year’s cotton picking incentive has been blamed as one possible reason why interest in this year’s harvest is so low.
This is the view of project agronomist with the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) Nayah Nyhathu as the BAMC seeks to recruit about 100 more workers to augment the 20 who are currently in the fields.
He was speaking to the DAILY NATION at the conclusion of the first symposium, held at Harrison College on Saturday, for workers in the cotton industry. Five people turned up and one more came after it had ended.
Acreage under cotton production has increased from 286 acres in 2014 to less than 400 this year.
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