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Caribbean & Central America - September 2008 (ISSN 1741-4458)
JAMAICA: JPG pulls out of bananas
The Jamaica Producers Group (JPG) announced on 22 September that it
was ceasing banana production in Jamaica for export to the United Kingdom. The
JPG's chairman, Charles Johnston, said that the JPG will now concentrate on
growing less vulnerable crops, such as cassava and breadfruit, for the snack
segment of its operations. He blamed four years of hurricanes wrecking the
banana crop for the decision.
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