Jamaica urged to export crops not affected by Hurricane Beryl

  

While the agriculture sector has racked up significant losses from Hurricane Beryl, the weather system has created export opportunities for crops that received little to no impact.

 

Director General of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority, Wayne Hunter, says Jamaica has the opportunity fill a gap created in light of the extensive damage across the eastern Caribbean. 

 

"The opportunity comes because of what had, or should I say, how Grenada suffered. Now, Grenada is the nutmeg country. And we have in our nurseries, nutmeg planting materials. In a similar way that we did to pimento, but nutmeg, Jamaica can really benefit from this. And that is where I think we should go, that is where we are pushing our farmers, plant a nutmeg tree. Here is 50 plantlets that you don't have to pay a cent for, for the next four or five years. We have mature nutmeg ready to export. The only way we're going to grow this country and grow our economy is through exportation," he asserted. 

 

Mr. Hunter was speaking at a press conference on Monday morning.

 

JACRA regulates coffee, cocoa, coconut and spices, including turmeric, pimento, ginger among others.