Jamaica wants to rebuild its cattle and goat herds
Jamaica has a new strategy to boost its beef production, announced Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.
The country wants to reduce meat imports and is trying to rebuild its herd through livestock and genetic material imports, informs The Cattlesite magazine. "We are going to have to import embryos and we are going to have to find clean disease-free cattle to import calves into Jamaica so that we can start to aggressively rebuild the beef industry and the dairy industry", said the Minister.
Food security has become a priority for the Government as the country is currently dependent on imports despite the fact that it has enough resources to increase its self-sufficiency rate.
At this time, Jamaica imports 85% of the food consumed by the locals and tourists, noticed Shaw. The new plan presented by the official is targeting the cattle and goat farming sector in the country and is following the steps taken in other programs applied for pig and poultry.
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