Total Area: 10,991 sq km
Land Area: 10,831 sq km
Water Area: 160 sq km
Climate description: tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
Terrain description: mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
Arable Land Use: 11.1%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 9.2%
Irrigated Land: 250 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 9.4 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.93 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 369.9 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: hurricanes
Environmental Current Issues: heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions
Total Labor Force:1.308 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 17%
Agricultural Products description: sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; shellfish
Land Area: 10,831 sq km
Water Area: 160 sq km
Climate description: tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
Terrain description: mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
Arable Land Use: 11.1%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 9.2%
Irrigated Land: 250 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 9.4 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.93 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 369.9 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: hurricanes
Environmental Current Issues: heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions
Total Labor Force:1.308 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 17%
Agricultural Products description: sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; shellfish
In the first image you see Jamaican farmers harvesting sugar cane by hand, The middle image shows a Jamaican farmer setting up a new irrigation system for her crops, and the third image shows a Jamaican man taking a camera crew on a tour of his marijuana farm.
On the left, you see a Jamaican banana farmer tending to his crops after a powerful storm, and on the right you see a Jamaican farmer who is working to feed his goats.
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https://repeatingislands.com/2014/07/02/caribbean-women-protecting-crops-through-green-technologies/
http://marijuana.heraldtribune.com/files/2015/02/AP195305285822.jpg
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http://www.caribflame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SugarCaneFarmer-1-1.jpg
https://repeatingislands.com/2014/07/02/caribbean-women-protecting-crops-through-green-technologies/
http://marijuana.heraldtribune.com/files/2015/02/AP195305285822.jpg
http://therichest.imgix.net/2014/03/Bananas-St-Lucia.jpg?auto=format&w=1456&h=967&q=40&lossless=1
http://pulitzercenter.org/sites/pulitzercenter.org/files/slideshow_10.jpg