Global price increase of farm inputs looms
Global price increase of farm inputs looms
The cost of agriculture inputs are expected to continue rising as new challenges in the global supply chain emerge.
Notwithstanding, two of Jamaica's providers of agricultural inputs have indicated that they have implemented measures to mitigate the increasing costs.
In addition to an increase in the cost of freight and raw material, Graham Dunkley, managing director of Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies (Jamaica) Limited, cited geopolitical tensions as a contributor to the jump in input costs.