KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the increasing frequency of natural disasters and their devastating consequences, Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Dayton Campbell, is calling for the establishment of a permanent Agricultural and Fisheries Disaster Recovery Fund that would help farmers and fisherfolk bounce back more quickly from the natural phenomena.

“This fund should not be created after every hurricane, flood, drought, or major weather event. It should not depend on hurried Cabinet submissions after farmers and fishermen/women have already lost everything. It should not depend on whether the Ministry of Finance is moved by the latest disaster,” said Campbell.

He was speaking Tuesday in the House of Representatives, during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate.