Spotlight On Youth Agri-preneurs

Organizers are putting the final touches on preparations for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), the region’s premier agriculture event, to be held in the Cayman Islands in exactly a week. Ten young entrepreneurs will be exhibiting at the Youth Pavilion during the October 24-28 event. Here’s a look at what some of them are doing:

Duhaje Jennings – Dada B’s, Jamaica

Duhaje Jennings has been making bees his business for nine years. And his aim is to make his bee production business, Dada B’s, one of the Caribbean’s largest agricultural producer and food manufacturer.

Jennings, whose business has 10 apiary sites, says his mission is to provide value-added agricultural products in response to a growing world-wide demand.