Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging coffee farmers in the hilly terrains to begin intercropping with short-term crops, following the loss of 40 per cent of coffee during Hurricane Melissa.
He made the call to hundreds of farmers gathered at Guava Ridge Basic School in St. Andrew, while addressing the 8th Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Day celebration, held on January 9 under the theme ‘Rebuilding a Climate-Resilient Coffee Industry’.
The event saw hundreds of coffee seedlings distributed to farmers to help replenish their fields....
