 Although the concentration of land and wealth in Jamaica was not as drastic as in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, by the 1920s the typical sugar plantation on the island had increased to an average of 266 hectares.But, as noted, smallscale agriculture in Jamaica survived the consolidation of land by sugar powers.The number of small holdings in fact tripled between 1865 and 1930, thus retaining a large portion of the population as peasantry.