![]() ![]() Wind and sea currents permitted fast and reliable access to Europe, Africa and North America. Among the factors which helped were an alkaline soil, sufficient, but not excessive rainfall at the correct growing time, and the reliable trade winds which allowed planters on the island to use energy efficient windmills for the processing of sugar cane stalks. Barbados' easterly location and position at 13 degrees latitude gave it comparative advantages for the growing and production of sugar cane. ![]()
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