Green wants regional framework to move agricultural labour across borders
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WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green is calling for a regional framework to allow farm workers across the Caribbean to move between countries as governments struggle to attract young people into the sector, which is said to be facing a growing labour crisis. Green made the call during a panel discussion on Wednesday at the ongoing 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort, in Trelawny, after Althea McKenzie, host of Farm Talk on Radio Jamaica 94 FM, raised c