Richard Pandohie reckons that the eight initiatives under the Economic Growth Council’s 5 in 4 plan are lacking focus on Jamaica’s agricultural sector.
The chief executive officer of Seprod Ltd who recently announced plans to partner with the Government, private sector and farmers across the island in an effort to revitalise Jamaica’s dairy industry, says too little focus has been placed on the development of a sector that continues to be the main driver of growth in the economy.
“Jamaica’s biggest opportunity for growth is through agro-processing. It’s about taking that primary product that we are producing and adding value to it right up the chain. Otherwise, you are going to end up going to all the manufacturers in Jamaica and realise that a substantial part of their input is coming from abroad,” he told the
Jamaica Observer in a round-table interview last Monday.
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