From St Lucia News Online

THE NATION – The 2017 harvest looks set to be the start of a sweet new chapter in the life of sugar cultivation in Barbados.

And while the numbers remain small compared with those of 30 years ago, industry officials are bullish about an expected near 50 per cent increase in output, with even larger gains projected for 2018 based on new fields under cultivation that will provide their first crop next year and more determined efforts generally by private farmers.

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