“It’s the kind of product that can engage Jamaicans
right across the island. It has the potential to create new enterprises,”
JAMPRO’s manager
of market development for agriculture and non-food manufacturing, Berletta
Henlon Forrester commenting on Jamaica Black Castor Oil
Jamaicans who grow Castor Oil, listen up. Your
plants are potential part of an industry that could reach US$1.81 billion by
2020!
So says JAMPRO (Jamaica Promotions Corporation) who
commissioned a study into the developement and capitalization of Jamaica Black
Castor Oil or JBCO as reported in the article “Castor
Oil Industry Stakeholders to Benefit from Study”, published August 10, 2016
By Chad Bryan, The Jamaica Information Service.
The study is being done jointly with the assistance of the following stakeholders:
1. BSJ
(Bureau of Standards Jamaica)
2. SRC
(Scientific Research Council)
3. DBJ
(Development Bank of Jamaica)
The words of warning by Director of Marketing and
Promotions at Outa Earth Processors Shirley Lindo at the St Catherine Pavilion
at the 64th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural Show in Clarendon as
reported in “‘Protect
Castor Oil Industry Or We Will Lose It’ – Producer”, published Wednesday
August 3, 2016, The Jamaica
Gleaner may have something to do with their response.
Castor
Oil Production in Jamaica – Lack of Agri Ministry organization of Farmers
Apparently an increasing local interest in Jamaica
Black Castor Oil, as well as in increasing threat of foreign imports that
threatens the fledgling local economy, which the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries clearly isn't taking seriously.
Now: 10Mins To Your Health: Beauty Benefits of Jamaican Castor Oil with MD, Outa Earth Processors Ltd.,Shirley Lindo pic.twitter.com/GB7GCsInxE— Smile Jamaica (@Smilejamtvj) August 4, 2016
It is true that they’d declared despite plans to
increase the production of castor oil as noted in the article “Gov't
Launches Production Of Castor Oil Beans”, published Thursday February 27,
2014, by Angelo Laurence, The Jamaica
Gleaner.
But they’ve done little to organize farmers and
arrange for expert markets for Castor Oil. Many Castor Oil Farmers, who have
excess Castor Oil, have resorted to selling their Castor Oil online as from my MICO Wars Blog article
entitled “Castor
Oil from the Oil Nut Tree is a Future Biofuel for Jamaica”.
Hence the knee-jerk response by JAMPRO’s manager of
market development for agriculture and non-food manufacturing, Berletta Henlon
Forrester, quote: “We got questions from how to grow the product, how to
process it…(to) where we could find markets. How can we market our Jamaican
Black Castor Oil has been the most critical question”.
But it's the export potential that has forced JAMPRO
to act, as there is little production of Jamaica Black Castor Oil.
JAMPRO and Jamaica Black Castor Oil - US$1.81
billion by 2020 is ours for the Taking
JAMPRO has also been getting inquiries from other
Caribbean countries to purchase Bulk Black Castor Oil.
So says Berletta Henlon Forrester, quote:
“Importantly, we have been getting enquiries from within the Caribbean for
imports of bulk Castor Oil from Jamaica. We’ve got enquiries from buyers and
distributors who want to take it to market”.
So she's putting out the call to farmers to get their farms in gear as there are many product that can be made from Castor Oil as listed in my MICO Wars Blog article entitled “Castor Oil from the Oil Nut Tree is a Future Biofuel for Jamaica”.
1. Powerful
laxative
2. Topical
treatment for headaches
3. Treatment
for tooth aches
4. Relieves
chafed and dry skin
5. Makes
dry hard hair shiny and wholesome
6. Diesel
replacement in large vehicles such as trucks and buses
7. Lubricants
for sensitive components
Castor Oil's ability to restore lost hair is also
well known and is part of its selling power as noted in the article “Castor Oil
To The Rescue”, published Saturday March 15, 2014, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The Biofuel potential is especially interesting as
PetroJam may also have an interest in cultivating Castor Oil as a biofuel as
noted in my blog
article entitled “Why
Biodiesel and Hydroelectric Power at PCJ's Alternative Energy Expo a must
before 2020”.
With a market potential of US$1.81 billion by 2020,
it makes sense that JAMPRO is now seeking to fully grasp the potential of
Castor Oil, as it may lead to increase self-employment and Entrepreneurial
Farming activity, relieving the chronic Job Shortage in Jamaica.
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