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Thomas Phillip Lecky, known as T.P. Lecky (1904-1994), was a Jamaican scientist who developed several new breeds of cattle.Lecky is known as one of Jamaica's earliest environmentalists, and a strong advocate for conservation of hillsides. [1]
Agricultural production is an important contributor to Jamaica's economy. However, it is vulnerable to extreme weather, such as hurricanes and to competition from neighbouring countries such as the USA. Other difficulties faced by farmers include thefts from the farm, known as praedial larceny. [24]
Jamaica Hope today make out about 50% of the cattle on the island. A mature cow weighs about 500 kg (1100 lbs.), while a male weighs between 700 and 800 kg (1500 – 1800 lbs). [3] A cow can produce 2,500 kg of milk per lactation period, which lasts for about 305 days. The butter fat content of the milk is around five percent. [6]
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
Breeds of cattle adapted to the tropics - Jamaica Hope, Jamaica Red and Jamaica Black, by Thomas Lecky. [3] ‘The Sorrel Deseeder’, by Oral and Allison Turner. The device is believed to be the first to automate the challenging task of separating the red calyces flesh from the seeds of the sorrel plant. [4] [5]
Rose Hall sugar plantation house, Jamaica Warrens Great House, St. Michael, Barbados Sugar plantation in the British colony of Antigua, 1823. Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were a major part of the economy of the islands in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Most Caribbean islands were covered with sugar cane fields and mills for refining ...
A pen was a livestock farm on the Island of Jamaica. Pen-keeping included the breeding of cattle, horses, mules, sheep and dairy farming. [ 1 ] Gardner (1873), referring to the 1750s, stated: "The life of a tolerably successful pen-keeper was at this period, as it is now, the most enviable to be found in the colony.
An estimated 2.5 billion subsistence farmers worked in 2018, cultivating about 60% of the earth's arable land. [93] Intensive farming is cultivation to maximize productivity, with a low fallow ratio and a high use of inputs (water, fertilizer, pesticide and automation). It is practiced mainly in developed countries. [94] [95]