The first group of 300 seasonal farm workers from Jamaica will be travelling to Canada on January 4 and 5, to take up employment opportunities under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP).
According to a news release from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, they will be employed in greenhouse crop production, food processing, tobacco-planting, vegetable farming and fruit tree cultivation.
The ministry said that majority of workers will be deployed to the Ontario region of Canada, to areas such as: Leamington; West Lorne; Niagara-on-the-Lake; Brantford, Owen Sound and Woodstock.
