This work is licensed under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed. Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license. Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent.For more information, including the full report, please contact: Carmen del Río Paracolls | cdelrio@iadb.org | 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe authors would like to thank those who participated in a presentation of the initial results in Kingston, Jamaica, in June 2016, and in subsequent discussions of the paper at UC Davis, California State University Fresno, and Texas A&M University. In addition, the authors would like to thank David Blandford, Olga Shik, Pedro Martel and Joseph Milewski for their comments on the manuscript, which improved the quality of the document. The authors are grateful to Rajiv Ebanks, Yolanda Valle Porrua, and Juan Jose Egas for providing logistical and editorial support. None of these people should be held responsible for the content of this paper. ABSTRACTThis document presents the results of a study that combines data on the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG measured in CO 2 equivalents) from farming activities with the incidence of policy incentives (transfers to the farming sector as measured in the Agrimonitor database) for Jamaican agriculture. The report's objective is to look at Jamaican agricultural policy from the viewpoint of greenhouse gas emissions in the context of attempts to ensure consistency among policy objectives and nationally established targets related to the current climate change discourse. Specifically: Are the products that contribute the most to GHG emissions also those that receive the most protection? Or are the incentives emerging from policy in line with GHG emission mitigation objectives?

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