Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security, Dr Dayton Campbell, is calling for greater investment in Jamaica’s agricultural sector, arguing that the industry remains critical to job creation, poverty reduction, and the country’s economic independence.

Making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament on Tuesday, Campbell, who noted that he is a farmer, said public policy must be guided by clear principles that link decisions to outcomes.

“The function of policy is to protect the welfare and the security of the public,” Campbell told the House, adding that effective governance is rooted in understanding “the relationship between what is planted and what is harvested, between choice and consequence, between policy and outcomes.”