The agro-parks project is being expanded, with some 3,000 acres of irrigated lands at Ebony Park and Spring Plain in Clarendon to be available for production shortly.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the disclosure, while addressing the St. Mary Agri-Expo held at the Gray's Inn Complex in Annotto Bay on March 28.
He said that some $190 million will be spent to expand the project in Portland and St. Elizabeth.
Minister Samuda also announced measures to assist farmers with irrigation water, noting that funds have been...