KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 28, CMC -The 20th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) has gotten underway here with Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness urging the region to ensure that agriculture becomes increasingly export oriented and able to compete globally.
Holness told the opening ceremony that in time, agricultural modernisation must embrace digital technologies, precision farming, improved crop varieties, and more efficient production systems.
“These innovations must become accessible to small and medium-sized farmers, who constitute an important part of the Caribbean’s agricultural economy. Technology should not be viewed as something reserved for large commercial operations.”
Holness said that there is also the need to develop financing arrangements, shared services, and extension programmes that allow small producers to benefit from advances in agricultural science.
The CWA is being held under the theme “The New F.A.C.E of Caribbean Food Systems” with the organisers indicating that it highlights four key areas, namely Food Security, Agri-Business, Climate-Smart Technologies and Export Expansion.
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