Jamaica: Pest may cause $ 5 million loss to Coffee industry

The ministry’s Integrated Borer Management Programme has begun to implement the following initiatives: field sanitation including stripping (removing of green ripe and dried berries from the plants, which will then be buried or burned in a control manner); the use of Borer Traps; a co-ordinated spray program will be implemented in conjunction with the farmers and dealers.

In the meantime, the All Island Coffee Growers Association is renewing its call for the Government to address issues affecting the industry, such as the low box price for coffee and the dwindling markets for Jamaican coffee.

Source: Caribbean360

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