Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw cuts the ribbon at the opening of the seed bank at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine, as other officials look on. (MICAF photo)
The resilience of Jamaica's agricultural sector to climate change has been boosted with the handover of an upgraded US$200,000 seed bank facility at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine.
The facility is expected to improve the station's ability to increase its seed-producing capacity, as well as house seeds of climate-resilient crop varieties.
The seed bank facility, which was refurbished with grant funding from the Inter-American Development Bank, is the first of its kind in the Caribbean and will also serve other CARICOM member states.
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