other sectors in reducing poverty. Increasingly, the world is counting on agriculture to produce more nutritious food for and improve the livelihoods of a booming population, especially the poor. The ability of the youths to engage in productive agricultural activities has social and economic benefits for both the young people and the economy. However, many youth have negative perceptions of farming. Young people are usually not interested in this field of work, in large part due to their perception
Jamaica has been able to distribute bauxite to different countries through globalization. With globalization not present, it would have been impossible because of the barriers of communication and trade. Jamaica being able to export bauxite have benefitted Jamaica Gross Domestic Product, this in turn will increase the per capital income of the country. Jamaica is also able to export other goods such as banana, cocoa, labour and
primarily on tourism, offshore banking and construction. The agricultural and industrial/manufacturing sectors are comparatively well. Tourism generates more than half of the total GDP and directly employs roughly half of the total workforce (Bahamas Handbook). We can invest into other industries that will in return amplify our economy. Here are a few examples, Developing Grand Bahama, Eluethera, Andros and Abaco is a start to help the agricultural sector. Our government should not only help with providing
which was nearly four times greater than the 1740 levels. Accordingly, the island bound its economic well-being to sugar and benefited from this rising demand for its prime agricultural product. The planters leveraged this desire for the good to construct an argument that advocated for the perpetuation of slavery in the sugar industry. The renowned planter, William Beckford, even claimed in his novel that, “If abolition, unconditional, unqualified abolition shall take place, … the price of sugar, which
now the reality for many developing countries including the Caribbean today. They surmised “Suppose giant corporations succeed in establishing themselves as the dominant form of international enterprise and come to control a significant share of industry in each country. The world economy will resemble more and more the United States economy where each of the large corporations tends to spread over the entire continent and to penetrate almost every nook and cranny…” Thirty years later, due to the