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Director General of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Peter Thompson at the agency's monument located at the Denbigh Agricultural showground in Clarendon.

Director General of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Peter Thompson at the agency's monument located at the Denbigh Agricultural showground in Clarendon.

JACRA Gathers Data to Boost Spice Industry

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06 Sep 2023

September 4 (JIS):

Plans have been intensified in the gathering of data by the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), to expand the production of spices on the island.

According to Director General of the agency, Peter Thompson, a baseline assessment is being done, which will assist the JACRA to determine best practices for supporting farmers, under the Food for Progress Jamaica Spices Project, which is a five-year initiative of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Programme.

“Hopefully, in another

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