Some 3,000 metric tonnes of hot peppers are expected to be reaped for the 2020/21 crop year under the Ministry of Agriculture's Production Incentive Programme.
The ministry said $60 million has been budgeted to increase production of hot peppers.
A total of 650 farmers across the island are engaged in the growing of hot peppers, most of whom are concentrated in the parishes of Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Manchester, St. Thomas, St. Ann and St. Mary.
Under the $1.6 billion Production Incentive Programme, other crops such as ginger, dasheen and strawberry are targeted for development with over 4,000 farmers expected to benefit, directly and indirectly.
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