Food prices at the country’s largest market, Coronation, in downtown, Kingston are rising daily because of the worsening drought conditions.
That’s according to a longtime vendor at Coronation Market, popularly called Curry, Nadine Williams.
Ms. Williams – who says she’s been selling at Curry for over 15 years – says the drought is the worst she’s ever seen.
She says not only are prices being increased as a result, but the quality of the food items is getting poorer.
Ms. Williams says over the space of a week, the prices of some food items have increased by more than 40-percent.
She says there’ve been similar increases in the price for tomato.
Ms. Williams says given the demand for food items, farmers are not allowing produce to reach full maturity.
Nadine Williams, a vendor at the Coronation Market in downtown, Kingston, speaking this afternoon with Nationwide News.
