Sugar Industry Act. Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 1982 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-22. Long titleAn Act to make new provision for the development of the Sugar Industry and to consolidate certain enactments related thereto. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Institution Special fund Plant production Sugar cane/sugar beet Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act concerns the development of sugar cane production in Barbados and for this purpose establishes the Research and Development Fund, the Sugar Industry Research and Development Committee and the Sugar Workers' Provident Fund. The Act also introduces measures to control the production and processing of sugar cane and the exportation of sugar. The Committee shall assess the work programmes and results of organizations having research and development functions in the growing, harvesting, handling and processing of sugar cane and carry out other functions assigned to it under this Act. Full text English Website www.caricomlaw.org References - Legislation Implemented by Sugar Industry (Sugar Workers' Provident Fund) Order, 2011 (S.I. No. 96 of 2011). Legislation | Barbados | 2011 Keyword: Agricultural development, Special fund, Agricultural commodities, Sugar cane/sugar beet Source: FAO, FAOLEX