Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw has announced an increase in the price of cocoa payable to farmers.
The price per box will move from $2,600 to $3,000 per box.
The minister made the announcement while addressing the 67th Annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on Monday.
Mr. Shaw also announced a revamp of the measures being implemented to manage and control the outbreak of the frosty pod rot of cocoa disease.
The frosty pod rot disease can greatly reduce crop output once the disease is established.
The control measures include placing a stop on the pruning of the cocoa plants, which destroys approximately 90 % of the tree.
Mr. Shaw said he ordered it stopped, because there is technology elsewhere such as Colombia, which can help.