Better slice of the market

The Jamaican agriculture and livestock sector should soon be benefiting from a new Research Centre, and a Demonstration and Training Centre (DTC), set up to help farmers and marketers in the local sheep and goat industry which, according to the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), can compete in the regional market without recourse to government aid. The centres are geared towards increasing production of high quality breeding stock and improving preparation and presentation of choice cuts of meat; this, in turn, will give consumers in the region a better choice of superior meat products. The Research Centre is a joint project of CARDI and the Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture; the DTC is between CARDI and Aluminium Partners of Jamaica. As part of its regional initiative to support marketing activities, CARDI has also established a Master Butcher and Meat Consultancy Service for the meat industry in Barbados. Contact: Executive Director, CARDI UWI Campus St Augustine Trinidad and Tobago West Indies. Fax: +1 868 645 1208.The Jamaican agriculture and livestock sector should soon be benefiting from a new Research Centre, and a Demonstration and Training Centre (DTC), set up to help farmers and marketers in the local sheep and goat industry which, according to the..