Holness wants farming turned into fortune

Arguing that agriculture can become a major engine for jobs, entrepreneurship and wealth, Jamaica’s prime minister, Dr Andrew Holness, says Caribbean leaders must make farming a career young people actually want.

Speaking at the opening of the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture at Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny on Sunday, Holness said the region has a generation of young people armed with education, technology skills and entrepreneurial ambition who could transform the sector.

“We must create the conditions in which they can see farming, agro-processing, and agricultural technology as viable and rewarding careers,” Holness said.