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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.
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