Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, yesterday presented leases ranging between 2.5 to five acres to 20 youths who will be operating in the agro-parks and production zones across the island.
“I want to encourage you to use this opportunity to ensure that you reflect excellence so that others will look to you to be the model,” said Charles Jr.
He was speaking at a handover ceremony held at the Toll Gate Mango Agro-Park in Clarendon.
The young people will be cultivating mainly cash crops such as sweet pepper, sweet corn, Irish and sweet potatoes,...