Two units within the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday, April 20, undertook an assessment of land clearing activities under the Farm Labour Assistance Programme.
Bacchus farms operating in Richland Park will be exporting new dasheen cultivars to the United Kingdom. On Monday 31st of October, 2022 Extension and Advisory Services personnel along with the Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, visited the farm of Kenroy Bacchus located at Bahamian in the Richland Park Mountains. The purpose of the visit was to assess post-harvest handling procedures and yield per acre of the two new dasheen cultivars: Somoana (green petiole) and IND512 (red petiole) to be exported to the UK.