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The National Irrigation Plan has been allotted $110.3 million in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, to continue to increase crop production and diversity in order to boost farming incomes and rural employment in the long term. The programme, which falls under the Ministry of Agriculture and Land, is being funded by the Government and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).Initiated in...

The Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Land will continue to rationalize the allocation and use of land and resources in an integrated and sustainable manner, through the implementation of critical aspects of the National Land Policy. This will be made possible through an allocation of $140 million, which has been set aside in...

The Banana Support Project has received an allocation of $91 million in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to continue to promote sustainable development in the traditional banana growing areas of the island. Funded by the Government and the European Union in the sum of $2 million and $89 million respectively, the project, which began...

A total of $21.16 million has been allocated to the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land to continue activities in the area of offshore fishing, inland fishing, and to further the CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment and Management programme. The sum has been set side in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives.Offshore fishing...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is to receive $20 million for the purchase of a surveillance vessel, to enhance the island's offshore capabilities and to strengthen border control, as part of the government's anti-crime and anti-drug initiative. As set out in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project began in April 2004 and will...

Some $86.5 million has been set aside in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for crop and livestock production in the Ministry of Agriculture and Land. The Jamaica Dairy Development Board will receive $11.11 million of the funds to continue to develop policy and monitor the growth of the sector, while the Special Incentives for...

A sum of $4.6 million has been allocated in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, to field and horticultural crops, under Crop Research and Development in the Ministry of Agriculture and Land. The project, which provides funding for research leading to improvement in the quality and productivity of a variety of plants and crops, currently has three sub-projects. These include: Field...

Some $8 million has been allocated to the Correctional Services Production Company (COSPROD), under a programme in the Ministry of National Security, which provides assistance to public sector and other bodies. The sum has been earmarked in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The provision is for equity contribution to COSPROD to assist with the...

Some $1.6 billion has been allocated in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure for activities dealing with the maintenance of law and order. This programme covers the safety and security services provided by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Of the sum, $721.5 million will be spent to purchase telecommunications equipment; and $353.47 for other equipment. Also, of the total figure, an...

Geological and Geotechnical regulatory services in the Ministry of Agriculture and Land are to benefit from an allocation of $7.55 million, which has been set aside in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is primarily concerned with the general provision of all prospecting and mining operations in the island, to ensure conformity with...

Mosquito spraying in Portmore should resume by the end of April, as the Municipal Council has purchased its own spraying equipment. Mayor of Portmore, George Lee, told JIS News that spraying in the past was carried out by the St. Catherine Health Department, but that group was constrained from carrying out regular spraying for various reasons. "Portmore with all its...

A sum of $269 million has been earmarked in the 200/2007 Estimates of Expenditure for the HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention and Control Programme in the Ministry of Health. Funded from a grant by the Global AIDS Fund, the programme seeks to strengthen the multi-sector national response to prevent and address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica. This will be achieved through beefing...