From right, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; His Excellency Asif Ahmad, British High Commissioner to Jamaica, and Michael Stewart, Member of Parliament for Manchester South, at the unveiling of the Lititz Farm Well Site in St. Elizabeth on January 16, 2019. The £35,515-million Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project is funded through a grant from the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund, which is administered through the Caribbean Development Bank, and includes the drilling of six irrigation wells and restoration of approximately 30 km of farm/community roads.
Essex Valley Agriculture Project to improve irrigation for over 700 farmers
Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, officially launched the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project at Lititz Primary School in St. Elizabeth on January 16, 2019, with the aim of reducing the water -related challenges being faced by the over 700 farmers of Essex Valley. Launched by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the project will provide improved irrigation systems on approximately 700 hectares of land to include the development of a climate-resilient off-farm irrigation system consisting of six irrigation wells and restoration of...
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