date:Jul 16, 2012
is not just to plant to feed ourselves, but to also export overseas and therefore, we will have to expand our export agriculture and were working at that in a very significant way, he stated.
A major part of this thrust is to revitalise the local coffee and cocoa industries as well as increase the production of ginger, turmeric, Irish potato, onion, among other products.
We have decided that we are going to grow those products as much as we can in Jamaica to make sure that we dont have to imp