Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will soon have a programme in place to support the country’s farmers and fishers who have been negatively impacted by the recent spate of heavy rains. “The Ministry of Agriculture [and Fisheries] is now in the process of doing their assessment and we will very shortly have, hopefully by next...

Following on the heels of a recently successful launch and a stakeholders’ sensitisation public forum of the JSIF-REDI II project, key partners have now joined forces to endorse the initiative as well as to encourage potential agriculture and tourism enterprises islandwide to respond to the Call For Business Proposals which is now open until Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 4:00...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has called on the country’s farmers to ramp up production in order to ensure the country’s food security, particularly in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister, who was delivering the keynote address at a digital ceremony to mark World Food Day on Friday (October 16), said that maintaining access to safe...

The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) along with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries wish to express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of those fishers who since the beginning of this year have lost their lives in tragic circumstances related to diving. Diving as a method to fish is not illegal once it is done between the hours...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is taking steps to make the process of getting land titles easier for farmers. “The land-titling issue is a massive one. We passed some laws at the end of our last administration to make it easier for persons to get titles; what we have to do now is put...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging farmers’ groups to take advantage of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Rural Economic Development Initiative, Phase II (REDI II). The US$42 million programme will run over the next five years with the aim to improve both the agricultural and tourism sectors by enhancing access to markets and building climate-resilient...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says several mango orchards will be established across the island, commencing in Clarendon next year on a 1,000-acre plot. He points out that the project will be in partnership with private investors to take advantage of the huge market in the United States (US) for Jamaican mangoes, where 100,000 pounds have been...