Jamaica Project

Timeframe

August 2024 to November 2025

Project Aims

New Zealand is providing agribusiness expertise to increase the Jamaican Livestock Sector’s productivity. The project is a collaboration between New Zealand expertise from Dunedin-based agribusiness consulting firm AbacusBio and AGRO-Invest, Jamaica’s Agribusiness agency.

The project includes farm visits and workshops to tackle challenges like feed availability, herd health, and sustainable grazing. It also runs feed trials and training programmes to boost productivity, cut methane emissions, and strengthen Jamaica’s capacity for low-emission livestock farming.

The projects will help farmers raise livestock more efficiently, include women and youth in the industry, and gives government the tools and funding plan they need to access international climate finance.

Progress

As of Dec 2025, we have:

1. Completed a baseline summary of the cattle and diary industry's current situation.

2. Aug 2025, NZ experts travelled to Jamaica for the information gathering workshops with government, industry and Farmers.

3. Completed plan for forage experiments which will improve feed availability and quality (May 2025 to Apr 2026).