Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi o Jamaica, Hon. ʻO Edmund Bartlett, makemake ʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai e hōʻiliʻili hou aʻe mai ka 42 pākēneka o ka hoʻolilo ʻia e nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻehā miliona o Jamaica ma ka meaʻai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e aloha nā malihini i ka meaʻai Jamaican i pono e hoʻolako ʻia e loaʻa kālā mai ka ʻoihana.
Ke kuhikuhi nei i ka nui o ke kaulahao waiwai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu wale nō i lilo ʻo J $ 350 biliona o ka noi i ka mākaʻikaʻi, "a ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolako i 20 pakeneka o kēlā."
Ua haʻi ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i kahi ʻaha kanaka mahiʻai o South Trelawny ma ke kaiāulu mahiʻai kuaʻāina o Ulster Spring i ka Pōʻaono, Kepakemapa 2, ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana aku iā lākou me kahi kanalima (50) 650-galani pahu wai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka hana ʻana o ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā ʻano meaʻai, nā huaʻai, a me nā mea kanu, ʻo Trelawny kekahi o nā hīnaʻi berena o Jamaica.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He said that with the farmers producing a wide range of food crops, fruits, and vegetables, Trelawny was one of the bread baskets of Jamaica.
- Pointing to the enormity of the value chain, he says fruits and vegetables alone constituted J$350 billion of demand in tourism, “and we've only been able to supply 20 percent of that.
- Minister Bartlett was addressing a gathering of South Trelawny farmers in the rural agricultural community of Ulster Spring on Saturday, September 2, after formally presenting them with some fifty (50) 650-gallon water tanks.
