Tuesday, April 18, 2006

The Nation Newspaper | Minister: Sugar here to stay

The Nation Newspaper Minister: Sugar here to stay

"That [closing the sugar industry] is not our mandate. Our mandate is to transform the industry through diversifying it into a viable operation, maintain as many jobs as we can, and add some new jobs because there will be new skills required," he told the Press following the opening yesterday of a regional sugar seminar organised by the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme and the Barbados Agricultural Management Company. "

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