BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Making sure that just under a third of Barbados’ limited land space is kept for substantial agriculture would be to the betterment of the country.

And one such area would be in making inroads in the fight against the chronic non-communicable diseases that are affecting our development.

This is the view of agriculture specialist, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite.

“I would like to see us preserve at least 30 per cent of our land for food production in this country. The more land we put into concrete, the higher the runoff from the rains, the more soil erosion and the less water in our aquifers.”