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Interesting stats on the decline in production of agricultural goods produced in Jamaica compared to say 10 years ago. Jamaica now imports billions of dollars in corn and even fruits like mangoes, guava and june plums. Funny rib too against former minister of agriculture Roger Clarke towards the end of part 3.
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Re: Bruce Golding on State of Agriculture in Jamaica..
Bruce just notice this?
About 10 years ago I was headed for a trip to the island and a friend from here who grows a truck farm asked me if I would go to the market in Sav and pick up some tasty Jamaican garlic so she could grow it. I picked up 100 bulbs for her. Later on her next trip she went back to the market to get more. It was then that we learned that this wonderful Jamaican garlic was actually grown in China along with a lot of other produce in the market.
I hear all the raving in trip reports about how fun it is to go the market and how great the veggies taste from Jamaica and I pretty much scoff at that. I also wonder about all of the chemicals I see being sprayed by farmers in places like St. Elisabeth. Scares me!
Give me my home grown farmers market with rules to follow concerning chemical applications any day!
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Re: Bruce Golding on State of Agriculture in Jamaica..
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nanook</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bruce just notice this?
About 10 years ago I was headed for a trip to the island and a friend from here who grows a truck farm asked me if I would go to the market in Sav and pick up some tasty Jamaican garlic so she could grow it. I picked up 100 bulbs for her. Later on her next trip she went back to the market to get more. It was then that we learned that this wonderful Jamaican garlic was actually grown in China along with a lot of other produce in the market.
I hear all the raving in trip reports about how fun it is to go the market and how great the veggies taste from Jamaica and I pretty much scoff at that. I also wonder about all of the chemicals I see being sprayed by farmers in places like St. Elisabeth. Scares me!
Give me my home grown farmers market with rules to follow concerning chemical applications any day!
Pretty sad considering. </div></div> garming in Jamaica oursude of the 5 products produced for export, has never been anything more than a political foot ball. Only people who are not really faliliar wth the Jamaica historic situation as far as farming goes, will even take serious anything said fy politicuans.
Of the products that 'smooth operator, listed only corn is a farm profuct.
All the others are reaped from wild fruii trees many planted by slaves 2 hundred years ago.Comment
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Re: Bruce Golding on State of Agriculture in Jamaica..
No Bruce Golding is not 'just' figuring it out, it is obvious for all to see. He is trying to show how drastic the decline has been in locally produced goods under the stewardship of his predecessors and chart a way forward in a time where there appears to be a global food crisis. Is the little that Jamaica produces now really the best that it can do?
As a youth growing up in Jamaica you could go to market and get blackies, nasberry, pawpaws - however it was produced be it through a farm or from somebody with a backyard orchard. On my most recent trip to Jamaica I went to a local market and saw a lot of imported apples and grapes - I was hard pressed to find locally produced goods. Lets see what Master Bruce and team can do about it.Comment
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Re: Bruce Golding on State of Agriculture in Jamaica..
oh yeah...mi memba wen mi mention to mi usual fruit lady how di pawpaw look smaller an she tell mi seh dem was imported....mi nearly drop dung fi real...an dis was couple years agoComment
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