Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Audia Barrett, is urging local entrepreneurs to get involved in the production local food items in order to help guarantee Jamaica’s food security.
“It’s not an easy road but what we are saying is that SRC can do the training and offer the technologies to help the country get off the ground in terms of food security,” Dr. Barrett revealed during a SRC public presentation on ‘Employment Creation Opportunities.
According to Dr. Barrett, the indigenous food formulations such as breadfruit flour, yellow yam flour, pineapple jam and banana jerk sauce, among others, present investment opportunities for entrepreneurs and can be purchased from SRC for their own financial gain.
She said in an effort to combat the high rate of unemployment in the country these investors can “utilize the country’s natural resources and technologies and make a living on your own”.
Persons willing to invest in commercialization of these unique products can get the assistance of SRC from starting their business to actual site construction, maintenance and international food safety standard adherence, Dr. Barrett added.
The SRC is responsible for the fostering and coordination of scientific research and the promotion of its application. In addition, their projects support the growth and development of the agro-industrial sector in Jamaica through research, adaptation of available technologies, creation of new and appropriate technologies and the provision of training and technical assistance.
Some food formulations available at the SRC that have great potential to generate revenue includes: banana barbeque sauce, banana flour, yam flour, cassava flour, pumpkin flour, plantain flour, breadfruit flour, dasheen flour, carrot powder, ackee and salt fish spread among several other food formulations.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
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