It is difficult to increase coffee production in Jamaica in the short term.

Grant, manager of Blue Mountain Mavisban Coffee Factory, said that due to poor control of berry borer and leaf rust, the global coffee market is in demand.

Still weak, the Jamaican coffee industry will lose $10 million in the 2013-2014 crop year.

Grant said Jamaica will harvest 240000 barrels of coffee in the 2013-2014 crop year, the same as last year. Calculated at current prices

The total output value of the coffee industry in Jamaica this year is about 30 million US dollars. At present, the price of global coffee market is improving, and the market is opposite to Blue Mountain.

The demand for coffee and non-Blue Mountain coffee is on the rise, but it is difficult for Jamaican coffee to make a huge profit from the improving market.

If a large number of farmers abandon the wasteland, it is difficult to increase coffee production in the short term.

Mr Grant explained that Jamaica had promised to sell 90 per cent of its coffee to Japan. Affected by the global recession in 2008, the Japanese economy

Mired in the quagmire and unable to import so much coffee, Jamaica has to implement a diversification strategy to export excess coffee. At this time

Hurricane Sandy also brought berry borer and leaf rust, forcing many farmers to abandon the wasteland, and their production has dropped from 600000 barrels 15 years ago to now.

240000 barrels. Although the government has provided financial support for the prevention and control of leaf rust, the disease shows signs of recurrence.

(responsible Editor:)