Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has lauded JP Farms, in St. Mary, for the strides made in crop production, particularly pineapple and Beauregard sweet potato. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry, who was also on the tour, informed that they discovered the UK and North American markets for the Beauregard potato, and in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and North Carolina University, Jamaica has successfully produced the crop…