AgriFORCE partners with Barbados Government to bring controlled agriculture

AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. AGRI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with the government of the Caribbean island, Barbados, that will have the company provide market evaluation and possibly develop its own proprietary facilities to strengthen the island's food supply.

The Caribbean Community CARICOM is facing chronic food shortages, with food imports making up 20% of its imported merchandise a percentage double that of the European Union. The tropical climate has traditionally presented challenges to local agricultural efforts, making food security a major concern, with over half of the CARICOM population facing a moderate to severe food shortage.

This underscores the urgency of agricultural technology AgTech company AgriFORCE's mission to bring controlled environment agriculture CEA to Barbados and the wider Caribbean region. The company hopes to improve food security in Barbados through the introduction of controlled environment agriculture. The CEA uses less resources to harvest more produce because of tools like micropropagation, fertigation and artificial intelligence. AgriFORCE, a leading company in the AgTech industry, has a robust intellectual property IP portfolio and proprietary facilities that it hopes to be able to leverage for long-term solutions in Caribbean agriculture.

AgriFORCE will collaborate with Delphy, a leading agricultural consultancy, to conduct a feasibility and technical study by the summer of 2023 that will examine CEA capabilities for fruit and vegetable growth in the region. After the study, it is expected that AgriFORCE will enter into a definitive agreement to establish its proprietary facilities for the growth of agricultural produce in the region.

This agreement is in addition to an earlier announcement that AgriFORCE has collaborated with Caribbean company Humboldt Bliss Ltd. to provide its proprietary design and growth facility, the AgriFORCE Grow House These combined announcements signal AgriFORCE's international capabilities for modern agricultural solutions based on its IP specialty and sophisticated CEA facilities.

AgriFORCE believes that it is well-equipped to bring CEA to Barbados and the wider Caribbean. The CEA solutions it will provide Barbados are powered by four pillars of facility and lighting design, automation and artificial intelligence, nutrients, micropropagation, and genetics. The pillars are built on firm IP foundations and a sophisticated strategy that has invested in research and development R&D and cutting-edge AgTech knowledge.

AgriFORCE CEO Ingo Mueller said that they look forward to starting this important feasibility and technical study with the Government of Barbados for CEA food production facilities. This collaboration is a significant step in what we hope to be a long-term opportunity in Barbados. We look forward to working closely with the Government of Barbados to address the challenges of nutrition, wellness and food security in the region. Other companies in the AgTech space are FMC Corp. FMC, GP Solutions, Inc. GWPD and Hydrofarm Holdings Group Inc. HYFM.

More information can be found on the company's website.

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