Agriculture’s future lies beyond the farm
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Jamaica must rethink how it prepares young people for agriculture, moving beyond simply encouraging them to grow food and instead equipping them to process, package, brand, and export Jamaican products, says Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) assistant lecturer John-Paul Bramwell. His call has found support from Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Clarendon branch president, agri-entrepreneur, and trained arborist Andre Anderson, who says that young people are embracing agriculture but lack the
