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21 August 2020

Jamaica to reap 3,000 tonnes of hot pepper under incentive programme

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21 Aug 2020

Jamaica is expected to reap another 3,000 metric tonnes of hot peppers for the 2020/21 crop year under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Production Incentive Programme (PIP).
This was disclosed by Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Agriculture Manager for St. Elizabeth, Nathan Samuels, who noted that approximately $60 million has been budgeted to increase production of hot peppers.
“Hot peppers have remained one of Jamaica’s most promising non-traditional export crops. There are many varieties of hot peppers; however, the ones...