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The Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, is reporting that imports of pork belly and tail are on the decline, falling by 400,000 kilograms last year.
“So we are moving in the right direction, but we are not at a stage where we can avoid having to import pigtails and pork bellies,” he said.
Minister Samuda was speaking at a press conference at the Ministry’s Hope Road offices in St. Andrew on February 22, to address concerns that the local pork market is being saturated with imports.
He said there is no concrete evidence to support...

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views parsley from Franklin Douglas’(left) farm , along with Genille Attalla, chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority National and Trelawny Parish boards; and Mayor of Falmouth Councillor Collin Gager, during a tour of his farm in Braco, Trelawny, on Wednesday, February 22. Mr. Douglas currently has five acres of herbs and vegetable, including basil, mixed lettuce, eggplant and dill, under cultivation.