Jamaican-Grown Irish Potatoes To Be Exported To Cayman Islands
Jamaica’s agricultural exports will be bolstered once planned arrangements for the exportation of locally-grown Irish potatoes to the Cayman Islands come to fruition.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, J.C Hutchinson recently revealed that the Plant Quarantine and Plant Inspection Division has secured an agreement with the Cayman Islands for export of the tuber and other agricultural items.
The agreement will be facilitated by the pre-clearance facility between the two countries.
According to RJR, the inclusion of Irish potato on the export list is as a result of an expansion of the current protocol for exporting agricultural produce to Cayman and it is expected that the trade of these additional items will commence immediately.
Under the National Irish Potato Programme, local production of the crop has moved from 39 per cent of the national demand in 2008, to a projected 99 per cent in 2017.
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