AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoTourism: Canadian travellers diverted from Cuba are spreading winter bookings across destinations including Barbados, offering the island a chance to capture more visitors. Trade: Ghana is urging Caribbean countries to join the AfCFTA framework to expand markets, investment and movement of goods and people. Airport Commerce: Bridgetown Duty Free has opened a new Grantley Adams International Airport branch, with officials citing opportunities for jobs and travel-related business. Cannabis: Barbados plans a major tissue-culture laboratory in St Philip and a national seed bank, but regulators acknowledge high licence costs are shutting small farmers out. Manufacturing: A proposed US$64 million IV-fluids plant at Grantley Adams Industrial Estate could create more than 200 jobs and produce up to 12 million bags annually for local and regional markets. Agriculture: Barbados has launched a US$3.5 million, four-year programme to strengthen climate resilience, train at least 400 farmers and improve access to climate-smart technology and financing.
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