Agriculture Minister Welcomes Programme to Assist Coffee Farmers

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has welcomed local implementation of the Competitiveness Coffee Enterprises programme for farmers in several of the island’s coffee producing regions.
The programme, a joint initiative between Jamaica and Guatemala, aims to improve the competitiveness of coffee farmers in both countries, while developing the administrative capacity and value-added component of the beneficiary co-operatives of which they are members.
Undertaken at a cost of over US$4.3 million, the programme is being financed by international funding agencies – Common Fund for Commodity and Oikocredit. The Coffee Industry Board and Guatemala’s National Coffee Association – Anacaf