Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares in a photo opportunity with Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association honouree, Richard Sharp (centre), who collects a plaque from JCEA Chairman, Norman Grant at the JCEA inaugural awards banquet at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on December 7.
Government embarks on drive to increase tree densities on coffee plantations
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the government is embarking upon a drive to increase tree densities on coffee plantations from the current average of between 600 to 650 plants per acre to 800 plants per acre. This, he noted, is to be done over time and is a part of initiatives being undertaken to stimulate future growth of the coffee sector. Mr. Shaw was addressing the inaugural awards banquet of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA) at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on December 7. Other initiatives to boost growth of the...
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