Vice President of Global Marketing, Stoller Group, Inc., Robert R. Shortell (right) greets permanent secretary in the Ministry of Industry, commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry at the St. Jago Farm and Hardware Supplies (SJFHS) “New Look” launch held at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St Catherine, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. At centre is managing director (SJFHS), O’Brien Johnson.
Don’t take our farmers for granted - Stanberry
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry says that Jamaicans should not take farmers for granted. Mr Stanberry said that Jamaica is still a country of small farmers and that this has not changed since the plantation days. He noted that, “agriculture has been a cinderella for a very long time in this country, apart from the large estates that command the best lands in this country, and in fact, the latest agricultural census of 2011 shows that only 75% of our farmers own 15% of all the farm lands and, with an average holding less...
Read more
