A pilot plan to transform Cheapside, the island’s oldest farmers’ market, into a more organised, year-round attraction has gained support from some vendors, but others are doubtful it will work, saying similar efforts have failed because many sellers use the market as a storehouse and prefer to ply their trade outside.

The proposal was revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture’s manager of markets, Sherlock King, during a colloquium on Monday. The initiative forms part of the ministry’s wider transformation agenda.

Barbados TODAY sought the views of several Cheapside vendors on the proposal.