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Other difficulties faced by farmers include thefts from the farm, known as praedial larceny. [25] Agricultural production accounted for 7.4% of GDP in 1997, providing employment for nearly a quarter of the country. [26] Jamaica's agriculture, together with forestry and fishing, accounted for about 6.6% of GDP in 1999.
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
Banana cultivation is a major employer of rural labor as it is a labor-intensive industry. In Dominica, it is the second largest employer after the government, providing work for 6,000 farmers with another 700 employed at boxing plants. In St. Lucia, it provides employment for about 10,000 workers. In St. Vincent, there are about 5,000 banana ...
Thomas Phillip Lecky, known as T.P. Lecky (1904-1994), was a Jamaican scientist who developed several new breeds of cattle.Lecky is known as one of Jamaica's earliest environmentalists, and a strong advocate for conservation of hillsides. [1]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica 5 February – Drought, increases in local demand, and a drop in the number of farmers all contribute to a marijuana shortage.The COVID-19 pandemic and related curfew means that farmers have a difficult time in irrigating their fields.
Farmers end up using more and more chemicals with diminishing effect as pests quickly adapt –while at the same time natural predator insects are eliminated from the farm. Under IPM, chemicals should be a secondary line of defense, while building up the number of natural predators on a farm is the main goal.
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Citrus production in Jamaica is not a large industry like bauxite or sugar but it yields enough for local consumption and export. The main producing areas are the weathered limestone soil in the parishes of Clarendon, St Catherine, St Mary, St Ann, Manchester and Westmoreland, between elevations of 1,000 feet (300 m) to 2,500 feet (760 m).