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09 June 2025

Programme Manager for the Seed and Nursery Certification Programme in the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Alfred Barrett, speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank, held at the agency’s Television Department, 5-9 South Odeon Avenue, Kingston.

Improvement Expected in Quality and Availability of Certified Pepper Seeds

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 09 Jun 2025   

The highly anticipated Seed Certification and Quality Control System, developed under the Hot Pepper Value Chain Project, is expected to improve the quality, traceability and availability of certified pepper seeds in Jamaica.

The seed database is one of the flagship deliverables of the project, which is formally titled, ‘Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper Value Chain in Jamaica Project’.

Facilitated through the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the system is a cloud-based national database...

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