Agriculture

Ninth Agro Park Launced At Sweet River Abattoir

The Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security on Thursday, March 26, launched its 9th agro-park at the Sweet…

March 29, 2015
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Country Representative for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Theresa Tuner-Jones, addressing the launch of COK Solidarity Co-operative Credit Union Micro Finance Unit, in St. Andrew, on March 25.

Farmers Progressing Well At New Forrest/Duff House Agro Park

Farmers at the New Forrest/Duff House Agro Park, on the boarder of Manchester and St. Elizabeth, are progressing…

March 29, 2015
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Monsanto pays $US 600K for under-reporting use of toxins

Monsanto has agreed to pay US$600,000 in fines to federal regulators for not reporting the release of severe…

March 29, 2015
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Minister of Agriculture Derrick Kellier (right), at the launch of the International Year of Soils 2015,. Listening are State Minister in the Ministry, Luther Buchanan (2nd right); Chairman of the Soil Health Steering Committee and owner of Richmond Farms Limited, Mark Brooks (2nd left); and Communications Consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Shanoy Coombs.

Agriculture Ministry Embarks On Yearlong Soil Health Programme

KINGSTON, March 28, 2015 - The Ministry of Agriculture is embarking on a yearlong project aimed at improving…

March 28, 2015
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State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (left), shares a light moment with (from right): Regional Representative, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (CABI) Naitram Ramnanan; Global Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, CABI, Dr. Abdillahi Alawy; Chief Technical Director, Agriculture Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Permanent Secretary, Donovan Stanberry. Occasion was the official launch of the Plantwise programme at the Knutsford Court in New Kingston on March 24. Plantwise is a programme which is being co-ordinated by the CABI which works to strengthen national plant health systems.

Min of Agriculture to set up Plant Health Clinics

KINGSTON, March 26, 2015 – The Ministry of Agriculture is to establish several plant health clinics islandwide as…

March 26, 2015
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Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, examines items on display at the Caribbean Food Safety and Security Conference, held from March 17 to 18, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay.

RADA CEO says Food Security is National Priority

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, has emphasised that food security…

March 24, 2015
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St. Thomas farmer, Lawrence Lynch (right), and fellow farmer, Donovan Johnson, show off onions reaped from his farm in Yallahs, under the Agro Parks initiative. Mr. Lynch is expected to reap more than 20,000 pounds of the condiment from his one-acre farm

Young Farmer Excited About Agriculture

Though there is often no glitz and glamour associated with agriculture, 27-year-old St. Thomas farmer, Lawrence Lynch, says…

March 23, 2015
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$96.6 Million for Banana Accompanying Measures Project

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is to receive $96.65 million to carry out a project to combat…

March 22, 2015
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Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards (centre), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 19. Others (from left) are: Commercial Department Manager at the NIC, Mrs. Lorraine Geddes-McDonald and Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Mr. Milton Henry.

NIC Provides Water for 36,066 Hectares across the Island

With a major focus on advancing irrigated agriculture, the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is operating 10 irrigation schemes…

March 22, 2015
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President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s St. James Association of Branch Societies, and Mayor of Montego Bay , Councillor Glendon Harris, announces that the 32nd staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James, on Easter Monday (April 6), will be dedicated to the memory of the late Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke.

Montpelier Show Dedicated To Memory of Roger Clarke

The 32nd staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James, on Easter Monday (April 6),…

March 21, 2015
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Agriculture Ministry Imposes Restrictions on Poultry Imports

In a bid to safeguard Jamaica’s poultry and public health in the wake of recently reported outbreaks of…

March 20, 2015
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Ninth Agro Park Launced At Sweet River Abattoir

Farmers Progressing Well At New Forrest/Duff House Agro Park

Monsanto pays $US 600K for under-reporting use of toxins

Agriculture Ministry Embarks On Yearlong Soil Health Programme

Min of Agriculture to set up Plant Health Clinics

RADA CEO says Food Security is National Priority

Young Farmer Excited About Agriculture

$96.6 Million for Banana Accompanying Measures Project

NIC Provides Water for 36,066 Hectares across the Island

Montpelier Show Dedicated To Memory of Roger Clarke

Agriculture Ministry Imposes Restrictions on Poultry Imports

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