Agricultural production in the Bahamas focuses on four main areas: crops, poultry, livestock, and dairy. Poultry, winter vegetables, and citrus fruits are the mainstay of the agricultural sector, which is concentrated in The Abacos. Exports consist mainly of grapefruits, limes, okra, papaya, pineapples, and avocado. These foods tend to grow quite well here particularly the pineapples of Eleuthera which are fabulous!
Bananas, oranges, mangoes are also popular fruits. More than 5, acres of agricultural land in the Bahamas are used for citrus production. The Tribune Jump to content. Upvote 0. Comments Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Sign in to comment Username I have an account. I'm new. Sign in. Password Confirm password Email. Connect with OpenID. The government pays the farmer for his produce and then resells it. The produce exchange markets fruits and vegetables to privately owned wholesale and retail outlets on behalf of the government.
The reasons for this could be: long delays in payment; prompt payment by non-governmental marketing agencies; and more competitive prices offered. However the Produce Exchange does provide easier access to the capital for the drier islands that produce food staples.
Farmers and wholesalers enter into direct sales arrangements wherein a farmer's produce is shipped to Nassau, and the purchasing company collects the items at the dock. The payment is prompt and competitive prices are offered. At a Farmers' Market local farmers sell their produce directly to the local customers.
In most cases the produce sold is a result of subsistence farming. Commercial farmer may send produce to the Farmers' market that has been rejected by the packinghouses or produce exchange. PackingHouses - A number of packinghouses have been established at strategic locations on the producing islands. At the packing house farm produce is processed, graded, packaged, stored and presented.
Packing Houses ensure that there is more grading and better packaging of farm produce; it also greatly reduces the losses incurred by farmers. Produce is shipped from the family island to the main market center New Providence. Describe the effects and results of poor agricultural practices.
The result of poor agricultural practices are many, some of which are very detrimental both in short tern and in the long run. To much irrigation water: This practice can cause, leaching of nutrients out of the roots zone, water logging of plant roots, and enhances the building up of pathogenic spores. Poor land preparation: Thus creates poor distribution of irrigation water, increases soil water loss through evaporation, reduces machinery efficiency in the field and disking soil that is to wet which increases compaction.
Modern technology has allowed scientists to significantly improve the quantity of quality of nutrients in food crops. Modern machinery has reduced costs providing lower food costs through efficiency and better economies of scale.
Machines provide faster crop harvest and overall processing time. Herbicide kills weeds and other plants, which may rob crop of nutrients from the soil.
Pesticides kill insects, which may harm crops or spread diseases. The tractor is one of the technologies we use for food production. It is used for pulling or pushing agricultural machinery or trailers. It is used to perform different tasks when dealing with the farmland itself. It is also used because it is faster and more reliable. Another modern technology we use for food production is the Herbicide.
That way you would have live crops growing. Lucia St. Country Bahamas, The Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Impacts Agriculture.
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