Coffee production in Jamaica hybrid varieties of caturra, geisha, etc. The coffee that is grown in the Blue Mountains region, known as the Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, is said to be of very high quality and is mostly exported. Coffee is grown at an elevation of , with a rainfall incidence varying from to more than . Farming methods are specifically oriented towards a high rate of production with optimum acidity. The Ministry of Agriculture and its subordinate office, the Coffee Industry Board, are responsible for all activities of the coffee sector. The Coffee Industry Board set up the Coffee Industry Development Company (CIDCO)
The Blue Mountain Echo shortly afterwards. The "Blue Mountain Echo" has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. The Blue Mountain Echo The Blue Mountain Echo, also published as "The Blue Mountain Star", "The Katoomba Daily", "The Blue Mountains Daily", and "The Blue Mountains Echo" was a semi-weekly English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. The paper, published from 1909-1939, changed names several times in its history. The paper was initially published under the management of James C. Hart of Mountaineer Printing and Publishing Company. Following his retirement, Robert Villiers Smythe