Farmers dig out from tonnes of volcanic ash, face uncertain future

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KINGSTOWN – Farmers in St Vincent’s breadbasket region are counting thousands of dollars in losses after the decimation of their crops from the erupting La Soufriere volcano’s ashfall. The fallout could trigger food shortages and price hikes in Barbados, some market watchers said Friday. In the villages of the island’s southern farming heartland, Mesopotamia Valley, […]
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