BERNARD...we have to pay attention to infrastructure
AS reports of massive infrastructure damage to farms in the western parishes continue to roll in following Hurricane Melissa’s rampage, president of the Small Ruminants Association of Jamaica Trevor Bernard is calling for strict building codes within the agriculture sector to better protect livestock.
He also highlighted the pressing shortage of water, animal feed, and other critical resources a week and a half after the killer storm, which, he said, has forced many farmers to make heartbreaking decisions — choosing between caring for themselves or their animals.
“There has been a massive amount of infrastructure damage. The goat facilities, sheep facilities, and so forth have been badly damaged. Roofs blew off, and [there is] total destruction of some of the facilities. I think that’s the major thing that has happened.
“There have been some deaths of animals…but I think in w
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