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• Flower forest botanical garden  |ÌýÌý
• Efficacy of Vinasse for use as fertilizer: Mount Gay Distilleries  | 
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• Queen's Park tour: a short walk through the park’s history and greenery  | 
• Infinity deck at Andromeda Botanic Gardens |

• Measuring the Growth Performance of Blackbelly Sheep (Ovis aries) Fed with Substituted Local By-products  |  James Carcano, Rachel Chiazzese  | 
• Development of the Ethnobotanical Garden at the Andromeda Botanic Gardens  |  Delaney Nicol, Elliot Miville-Deschênes, and Valeria Munoz  | 
• Improving the Education and Inspiration of Youth to Revitalize Barbados’ Honeybee Populations: An Analysis of the National Conservation Commission’s Junior Beekeeping ProgramÌýÌý |  Grace Mango, Muskaan Bhaidani, Eleanor Barlow  | 
• Development of Educational Materials for Flower Forest Botanical Gardens  |  Alexandra Douglas, Sylvain Bazinet, Mia Mouget  | 
• Testing Fish Markets for Bacterial Contamination  |  Isabel Ines, Willow Lane, and Katie Liakin  | 
• Developing the Ultimate Virtual Trail Tour for the Barbados National Botanical Gardens | Nadia Fekih, Rashi Lalan and Xianglin Xie |
• Enhancing Production and Marketability of Vinca and Zinnia Through Experimental Design at the National Conservation Commission in Barbados | Eryn Genge, Véronique Londei, Haotian Xu |

• Monitoring of nearshore waters in Barbados from a microbiology perspective  |  Marianne Beaulieu, Nkonye Campbell, Jessica Di Lorenzo, Neela Todd  | 
• Is biodigester effluent a suitable replacement for commercial fertilizers? Assessing the efficacy of liquid biogas digestate for cultivation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crops in Barbados  |  Emily Hooton, Yu-Shing Ni, Coco Wang  | 
• Eco-tourism marketing project: Farley Hill National Park, Barbados  |  Shuang Liang, Sabrina Gill, Francis Tersigni  | 
• Heat and Healthy Milk: Determining the optimal pasteurization method of goat and blackbelly sheep milk for labelling recommendations at the Greenland Livestock Research Institute, Barbados  |  Tarini Gupta, Myriam Driss, Elaina Grimm  | 
• Development of a sustainable potting soil mix for the NCC Nursery  |  Sophia Jones, Julia Kossakowski, Siri van Gruen  | 

• Addressing the plastic bag issue of Barbados through education and policy recommendations  |  Stephanie Leandri, Eva von Jagow, Sydney Westra  | 
• Air quality and health impacts from the transportation system in Barbados  |  Chloé Allard, Tuviere Onookome-Okome, Hang Yin  | 
• Development of large-scale composting techniques at the SBRC  |  Sreedurga Cherukumalli, Audrey Woo, Cindie Berthiaume  | 
• Environmental impact assessment of aquatic weed removal at SBRC, Pond B  |  Paula Figueroa Delgado, Anna Tokunaga  | 
• You’ve GOaT to try this milk! |  Christine Ha  | 
• Nectar availability for honey bees at Walkers Reserve  |  Erin Jefferies, Liana Fortin-Hamel  | 
• Landscaping for climate resiliency at the Bellairs Research Institute  |  Sunayana Sashikumar, Jessie Green, Chelsea Kingzett  | 

• The Naturally Ventilated Augmented Cooling Greenhouse | Jessica Xavier, Rhys Burnell, Rachael Warner  |  
• Bioassay: Tomato and Okra Growth Evaluation on 5 Soilless Potting Mixtures in BarbadosÌýÌý| ÌýÌýLuisa Sarmiento, Keitaro Hirano, Fengge Sun   |  
• Vegetative Propagation of Limonia and Pittosporum spp.  |   Joseph Jarry, Yangjing Pu  |  
• Improving the Profitability of the Rabbit Meat Industry in Barbados  |  Naila Al Kharusi  |  
• Goat and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Milk Bajan Ice Cream  |  Olivia Watson, Jasraj Kaur  |  
• Maximizing Growth Rates of Various Lettuce Cultivars in an Aquaponics System  |  Alexia Bertholon, Shae-Lynn Roberts,  Ananka Shah  |  

• Introducing Local Goat Yogurt Production on Small-Scale Farms in Barbados  |  Simran Chhina, Michelle Colvin, and Stefany Ildefonso  |
• Optimal Propagation Conditions of Mussaenda in Barbados  |  Angelica Bourgeault, Jingyi Zhang, and Melanie Marshall  | 
• Natural Ventilation Augmented Cooling (NVAC) Greenhouse  |
• Analysis of the Health Status and Adaptability of New Zealand Red Rabbits in Barbados  |  Jerome Gélinas and Raina Fan |
• Making Use of Sargassum in Barbados  |  Sophie Baker, Elena Cabot and Kisa Giebink  | 
• Establishment of a Medical and Native Plant Garden for the Welchman Hall Gully  |  Jessica Hillman, Katie Simmons, & Sage Szkabarnicki Stuart  |   |

• Agricultural Tourism in Barbados.pdf  | Alexander Cooper, Aaron Friedland, Marie-Sophie Iredale and Sharon Lopez  |
• Organic Waste Management in Barbados.pdf  | Kesner Dabady, Priyanka Kapadia and Twisha Kini
• Naturally Ventilated Augment Cooling Greenhouse.pdf  | Dillon Fields, Zainab Iqbal and Ryan Knight |
• A Density Data Survey of Lionfish in Barbados.pdf  | Alexander Wieb, Aaron Friedland, Manuela Vernaza and Lourace Trebble (UWI)
• A Comparative Study on Propagation of ficus alii.pdf  |  Miriam Belhadfa, Joelle Dahm and Aurelie Hawes |
• Alternative Feed Substitution for Blackbelly Sheep in Barbados  | Marie-Pier Bolduc, Laura Lasry and Vijayeta Patel |

BITS won a Project Award from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA Canada) this year!

• A Preliminary Survey of Rubble Organisms at Two Disturbed Areas in Barbados .pdf   |   Alexandre Ferrari-Roy, Stephanie Maasik and Juliana Rosario  |  VIDEO
• Feed Substitution in Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Production - Weaning the Industry off of Expensive Imports.pdf   |   Jacqueline De Santis, Cullen Heater and Stephanie Trempe  |  ³Õ±õ¶Ù·¡°¿Ìý
• Studies in Solar Water Heating at Solar Dynamics Ltd.pdf  |  Michael Buckler, Matthieu Saive and Gabriel Wetzel 
• Leucaena as an Alternative Forage and Concentrate Substitute for Barbadian Dairy Goats.pdf  |  Zachary Goldberg, Erik Hauner and Natasha Salter | 
• Raising New Zealand White Rabbits in Barbados_-_Analysis of the Environment Feasibility and Growth Rate.pdf  |  Diane Hardy, Kevin Drouin-Leger and Amaury Berteaud 
• Bitter Melon (Momordica_charantia) in Barbados.pdf  |  Sarah Fioravanti, Dominique Souris (University of Waterloo) and Vivien Underdown

BITS won a Project Award from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA Canada) this year!

• Bajan Achatina An Alternative Control of the Giant African Snail through Human Consumption in Barbados.pdf written by Asma Babar, Nathaniel Freeman, Christie O’Loughlin and Aileen Shu-Yu Wong
• An Organic Permaculture Demonstration Garden at the Future Centre Trust.pdf written by Paula Hincapie and Julia Poetschke
• Barbados Giant African Snail as a Component of Commercial Broiler Feed.pdf written by Marianne Roaldi and Tamara Skootsky
• The Mechanics of the Bounty System: Public Collection and Population Estimations of Achatina_fulica.pdf written by Heather Cross and Colin LaRoche
• Rats, GAS and Nematodes: Interactions in Barbados.pdf written by Clare Buchanan and Madeline Stark
• Trapping the Achatina fulica in Barbados and beyond: an assessment of trap design effectiveness and potential.pdf written by Brenna Coleman, William Dreyer and Forrest MacDonald

BITS won a Project Award from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA Canada) this year!

Read about the Giant African Snails (GAS):

• Gas as Chickenfeed.pdf written by Thomas Dashwood, Anne Reglain and Margot Roux
• Traps for GAS.pdf written by Anna Kalkanis-Ellis, Martin Legault and Tamara Provencher
• Gas: Potential Health Effects and Efforts to Control Snail Population.pdf, written by Sarah Cascarino, Dominique Murray and Neha Paliwal

• The Economic Benefits of Backyard Gardening in Barbados.pdf written by Katia Colton-Gagnon, Lauren Forbes and Annelise Miller
• Photovoltaic System Design at Kendall Dairy Farm.pdf written by Alenjandro Jaul, David Gourlay and Gauthier Derrien
• The Use of Herbal Remedies and the Perception of these Practices in the Barbadian Population.pdf written by Annie Lallement and Sariné Willis-O’Connor
• Overall Cost and Viability Analysis of a Solar Energy Installation at Foursquare Rum Factory.pdf written by Emma Brown and Edouard Michaux
• Body Composition and Dietary Intake Patterns among Barbadian School Students.pdf written by Stacey Carter and Sarah Levesque