FAO Consultant in Jamaica for

Citrus Greening and Beet Army

Worm project activities

January 28-February 8, 2013

Jamaica, Bahamas

and Belize Representation

FAO CONSULTANT IN JAMAICA FOR CITRUS GREENING AND

BEET ARMY WORM PROJECT ACTIVITIES

See Citrus Greening Photo high-lights https://

www.dropbox.com/sh/yepfsv8986zb9md/

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Another major highlight was the handover of a

greenhouse to Jamaica ’ s Ministry of Agricul-

ture. This greenhouse has the capacity to

produce 120, 000 bud eyelets per year and will

in turn help to restore production levels.

BEET ARMY WORM

Under the Beet Army Worm initiative, several

field visits have been conducted and meetings

held with the Technical Working Group and

Project Steering Committee. This comes on

the heels of Baseline research and identifica-

tion of suitable plots for Farmer Field School

demonstrations.

See Citrus Greening Photo high-

lights https://www.dropbox.com/

sh/fm657zt7a99pnc9/PXjVwrVB3n

Photos: At top, FAOR for Jamaica, The

Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Jerome Thomas

joins Agriculture Minister, the Hon. Roger

Clarke as they cut the ribbon marking the Greenhouse open. At bottom: Dr. Thomas

joins Minister Clarke and Dr. Lisa Myers-

Morgan at the head table

Over the period January 28 – Febru-

ary 8, 2013 FAO Consultant, Vyjayan-

thi F Lopez from FAO ’ s sub-

regional office in Barbados visited

Jamaica for a series of Citrus Green-

ing and Beet Army worm project ac-

tivities.

For Citrus Greening, Lopez joined FAO

Jamaica representatives at a closing work-

shop where project outcomes and sustain-

ability efforts were discussed. During this

session several farmers testified to the

major benefits they received under the

project, primarily evident in increased pro-

duction yields and better quality fruits.

See more details at http://coin.fao.org/

coin-stat ic/cms/media/15/13600117723700/

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