Agriculture officials reject BAS poultry import claims

Agriculture officials reject BAS poultry import claims

Agricultural officials on Tuesday rejected assertions that poultry farmers are being undercut by state-sanctioned imports, insisting that foreign supply remains strictly managed and data-driven to protect domestic producers. ​They were responding to James Paul, chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), who criticised what he termed contradictory government policy. He argued that while the state provides assistance to ex…