Hon. J.C. Hutchinson inspects leaves of dasheen plant during a tour of Toms Hope and several other Portland communities

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), inspects the leaves of the dasheen plant during a tour of Toms Hope and several other Portland communities on November 8 where the Ministry’s Production Incentive Programme is under way to increase domestic production of a number of crops, including dasheen. Others from left are: Portland Eastern Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Peter Thompson, and dasheen farmer, Winston Suckie.