Jamaica to export hot pepper, dasheen to Trinidad

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica will soon be exporting hot pepper and dasheen to Trinidad and Tobago.

State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Luther Buchanan says an agreement was reached at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) level for the export of the crops to the twin-island republic.

Addressing the St Ann Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at the Noranda Bauxite Club in Discovery Bay, St Ann on Saturday, Buchanan said the agreement will be "a win-win" for both countries, particularly the Jamaican farmers.

He said the move is in keeping with efforts by the Government to increase exports to Caricom markets.

The state minister, in the meantime, commended the farmers of St. Ann for playing a major role in helping Jamaica to achieve its food security targets.

He said that the parish produced approximately 55,348 tonnes of domestic crops last year despite being adversely affected by one of the worst droughts that the country has ever experienced.

The state minister said, too, that the parish's farmers also contributed significantly to the country's achievement of over 90 per cent self-sufficiency in Irish potato production in 2014.

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Taken from Jamaica Observer