(3/3) This handover is part of JACRA’s ongoing efforts to help farmers recover from climate-related impacts, rebuild their farms and restore coffee production across the industry. Stay tuned for more highlights!
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(1/3) #JACRANews: Recovery support for our coffee farmers! ☕️🇯🇲
The JACRA team visited Guava Ridge, St. Andrew, to conduct a handover ceremony for coffee farmers affected by bushfires and severe drought, where they received agricultural inputs to help rebuild their farms.
(2/3) The handover was supported by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, who underscored the importance of supporting farmers as they rebuild.
(2/2) The team is getting ready to distribute fertilizers and agricultural inputs to help support the rehabilitation of coffee farms and boost productivity of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee.
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(1/2) #JACRANews: We’re on the way to Guava Ridge, St. Andrew!
Today, JACRA will be conducting a handover ceremony to assist coffee farmers who were negatively impacted by recent bushfires.
#JACRANews: More than 200 coffee seedlings were planted at a farm in Higgin Town, St. Ann, as JACRA continues its efforts to restore coffee farms and revitalise High Mountain Supreme production across the industry.
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(1/3) #JACRANews: As part of its revitalisation efforts, JACRA maintains close engagement with farmers, identifying their needs and providing practical support to help them maintain high production.
(2/3) Yesterday, our team, led by DG Everett Hyatt, visited Hayfield, St. Thomas, where recent bushfires destroyed more than 4,000 coffee trees across five acres. With support from @moafjm, JACRA provided five farmers with coffee seedlings, fertilisers and chemical inputs.
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(2/2) Alongside RADA, @forestrydeptja and UNIDO, whose donated chainsaws are supporting farm recovery, JACRA remains on the ground, working with farmers to help to build a more resilient Jamaican coffee industry.
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(1/2) #JACRANews: JACRA continues to support coffee farmers through hands-on training, recently hosting a Coffee Workday in Mount Vernon Gap, St. Thomas, focused on proper farm management and tree maintenance.
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(1/3) #JACRANews: The JACRA team visited Hayfield, St. Thomas, yesterday for a Coffee Workday to assist in rehabilitating areas damaged caused by recent bushfires.
#JACRANews: In Episode 4 of our “Day in the Life” series, JACRA’s Quality Assurance Officer, Cammelia White Graham, walks us through roasted coffee inspections and the checks that help maintain the quality standards of Jamaica Blue Mountain and High Mountain Supreme coffee.
(1/3) #JACRANews: Yesterday, JACRA visited Higgin Town, St. Ann, to support the revitalisation of Jamaica’s High Mountain Coffee following hurricane damage and recent drought conditions.
(2/3) JACRA’s Advisory Team worked alongside farmers and @rada_jam to cut back coffee trees, select healthy shoots, clear the land and plant approximately 200 seedlings to encourage new growth and improve future productivity.
(2/3) JACRA’s Advisory Team worked alongside farmers and @rada_jam to cut back coffee trees, select healthy shoots, clear the land and plant approximately 200 seedlings to encourage new growth and improve future productivity.