In a year that is expected to, hopefully, yield a region-wide pronouncement on the status of the anxiously awaited Regional Food Security Terminal, the staging of the Barbados Agro Fest assumes an enhanced significance, not just for the host country but, as well, for the entire region. Indeed, it would be altogether fitting for the update on the status of the Terminal (which the Stabroek Business has been calling for over the past several months) were to be made during the course of the February 23- 25 event. Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, along with Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, have been the ‘lead players’ in the regional food security undertaking and it would therefore be altogether fitting for the announcement to be made in Barbados and that it be made whilst there is significant Guyana representation at this year’s Agro Fest.
