Jamaica invests $182 million to restore 2,819 hectares farmland following the hurricanes Beryl and Rafael

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After the hurricanes Beryl and Tropical Hurricane Rafael, Jamaica has successfully restored over 219 hectares of land for agriculture. The project, supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining was able to make the investment of around $182 million to purchase of 27,579 different seeds. They were given to farmers across several parishes such as Manchester, Clarendon, St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Trelawny, St Catherine, and St Ann, focusing on important crops like lettuce, cabbage watermelon, sweet pepper and tomatoes.

Particularly, the efforts to restore comprised 20 hectares of yam and 8 hectares of cassava 12 acres of papaya and 16.5 acres of hot pepper, which included the investment of $21 million for these varieties. In addition, more than 360 pesticides were made available to help these initiatives. In addition, the ministry facilitated the distribution of 57.600 broiler chickens as well as 5,775 broiler-specific rations, medicines and 50,000 pullets in order to support eggs production. In order to aid in the reconstruction of animal facilities the ministry allocated $26 million to essential materials like the lumber, zinc, wire and nails.

On December 16 on, over 24,860 farmers benefit directly through the program for recovery and received fertilizers, seeds as well as technical assistance in order to restore their farming operations and improve their lives. These efforts were further aided with the help of Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Banana Board and National Fisheries Authority (NFA) and has extended the beneficiaries to more than 30000 farmers and fishermen. This extensive recovery effort exemplifies the co-operation to revive Jamaica’s agricultural industry following the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Beryl as well as the Tropical Storm Rafael.

Source: The Gleaner

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