
The Coffee Industry Board has a workforce of [51] employees the staff is distributed across the island as follows
Location | Number of Staff | Farmers | Licensees |
---|---|---|---|
Head office (Kingston, Jamaica) | 43 | - | 21 |
Eastern Region | 2 | 7,032 | 4 |
Central Region | 3 | 800 | 1 |
Northern Region | 2 | 650 | |
Western Region | 1 | 110 | 1 |
Total | 51 | 8,592 | 27 |

(11) Staff members are located in the regions above while (17) or 40% of the Head office staff to include managers use Head Office as their base to plan, organize and schedule activities such as (Seminars, Training, Demonstrations, Shows etc,.)
The 7,032 Registered Farmers in the Eastern Region are in the geographically specific Jamaica Blue Mountain Zone. The 1,500 farmers in other regions (Northern, Central & Western) are estimates of the known and active farmers based on Advisory Services records and will change when a new census of the other producing zones is done.
The 27 Licensees (Dealers & Works) are placed based on where their office and works are located across the Island.