The Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) has unveiled a new data-driven platform intended to improve coordination in farming, boost production and cut the country’s $80m food import bill.

The Agricultural Statistics Platform is a basic web page which provides information about the operations of the BADMC to farmers, policymakers and retailers.

“You can have access to information on the statistics that have been collected by the BADMC today. As a farmer, you can also, in due course, submit your information,” said acting chief executive Fredrick Inniss at the platform’s launch on Wednesday.