Jamaica is hoping that the recent partnership initiative involving the island’s Scientific Research Council (SRC) and its food-manufacturing giant, Grace Kennedy to broaden the range of food items developed from local agricultural produce will both increase the range of options for local food consumers and its market share on North American and other markets.
The SRC has set a target of the end of the current financial year as the time frame for having new products coming out of the collaborative initiative between itself and Grace Kennedy, a standout Caribbean food distribution company that has enjoyed unique success on the US market. SRC says that