Outlining several initiatives to boost the agriculture economies of communities in Region One, President Dr. Irfaan Ali touted plans to restart the large-scale production of coffee and other high-valued crops like breadfruit.

“We want to do some major crops here that are high valued and that will put you back on the regional map,” President Ali told Waramuri, Region One, (Barima-Waini) resident during a community meeting on Thursday morning.

The government he explained would support villagers with bringing into production Liberica and Arabica coffee plants.

“We want to bring back the coffee production in Region One and we are investing in 10,000 plants to start back this production in Region One.”

To further boost the sector, President Ali shared plans to support local breadfruit production to meet the demands of local and regional markets.

“These are long-term crops, we want to replant 5000, breadfruit plants in the region. So that we can become an important supplier of breadfruit for the country. We are going to move into this production because these are crops that have value on the regional market.”