Related Keywords: Jamaican cotton, West Indian Sea Island cotton industry
Jamaica is the only island capable of large cotton production at this time knowing this the Japanese government has decided to to invest around US$107,000 (J$11 million) to resuscitate the local West Indian Sea Island Cotton industry for which there is an annual global demand of six-million pounds of lint. The money will be put in use to purchase a row-crop tractor, a high-crop tractor, two boom sprayers, and a cultivator which are vital to get Jamaica on track to tap into this lucrative market where it enjoys significant competitive advantages.
