The Cooperative Movement Had Its Official Beginning With The Enactment Of The Cooperative Societies Act Of 1949At That Timethere Were Several Groups Organised Among Small Farmers Interested In Marketing Their Canes And Purchasing Fertilizers In Bulkin 1961A Separate Cooperatives Division Was Established Under The Ministry Of Agriculture To Registerinspectauditeducate And Promote Cooperative Societies In Barbados Until 1965The Government S Agricultural Programmes Were Devoted Almost Exclusively To The Challenges Involved In Producing And Marketing Sugarthe Then Department Of Agriculture Was Renamed The Ministry Of Agriculture Following The Introduction Of Ministerial Governmentin 1965The Post Of Deputy Chief Agricultural Officer For Research Was Established With Responsibilities For Non Sugar Crops And Livestock Production In Support Of The Government S Policy To Diversify Agriculture
