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Growth of 17 per cent in the agricultural sector in 2016 resulted in a reduction of US$6 million in the country’s food-import bill up to October, says Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Shaun Baugh.
He pointed out that the positive performance of the sector is also ensuring that the nation’s food-security needs are met.
Addressing the opening of the annual Hague Agricultural and Livestock show at the Hague grounds in Falmouth, Trelawny, on March 1, Mr. Baugh said that while the stakeholders have all right to celebrate the gains...

Shaun Baugh (2nd right), principal director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, examine seedling produced using GP fertiliser and mineral supplement with Garfield Russell (centre), Hi-Pro sales representative in Trelawny; at the Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show in Trelawny on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Others from left are Member of Parliament for Northern Trelawny Victor Wright, Councillor Collin Gager, mayor of Falmouth, and Donald Berry, 1st vice president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society.