Forty poultry farmers from Discovery Bay, St Ann, have been equipped with the knowledge and resources needed to resume production, following the impact of Hurricane Melissa last October.

This has been made possible through a training session hosted under the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP).

The training, held at the Port Rhoades Club in the parish on June 30, forms part of a poultry recovery initiative through which beneficiaries will each receive 50 broiler chicks, 10 bags of feed and ongoing technical support to help restore their livelihoods and return to commercial production within six weeks.