SOURCE: Jamaica Information Service The banana and plantain industry enjoyed a very productive 2022, recording a 2.8 per cent increase in banana production and 18.7 per cent for plantain. Despite the effects of Tropical Storms Grace and Ida in 2021, the industry rebounded to produce more than 72,000 metric tonnesContinue Reading
SOURCE: Clement Reid, Irie FM The Pineapple Growers Association has expressed concern about the rising cost of fertilizer. President of the association Everton Farquharson, told Irie FM news that the cost of the fertilizer which is needed to improve crop yield, continues to increase almost, every month. He is callingContinue Reading
Jamaica has shipped 12,000 pounds of “Julie” & “East Indian” mangoes to the United States, and the first shipments have been slated for several Bravo and Presidente supermarkets in South Florida, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. The mangoes were shipped on June 13, 2019, and were theContinue Reading
May will see Jamaica send its first mango shipments to the US, according to Audley Shaw, the country’s minister of industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries. According to the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), the exported mangoes will be facilitated through the Mango Irradiation Programme, which stipulates the fruit must be treatedContinue Reading
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that a 500-hectare agro park will be established for the cultivation of mango in order to facilitate the export of the fruit to the United States (US). He said that the orchard will be set up in theContinue Reading