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More Parcels Of Land In Greater Bernard Lodge To Be Divested This Year

Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJH) will, this year, collaborate with the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to divest an additional eight parcels of land under the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Master Plan (GBLDMP). The Cabinet-approved divestment plan/master plan...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

Agriculture Minister Calls On Bee Farmers To Invest More In The Industry

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right), is shown a sample of the over 5,000 kilogrammes of East Indian and St. Julian mangoes that were shipped from the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to the United States of America (USA) on April 30, by Plant Quarantine Officer, Solangie Johnson.

Mango Exports Expected to Boost Volume of Goods Shipped to External Markets

Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey.

Persons Encouraged to Support Child Month Activities During May

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), and owner of Carita Jamaica Limited, Rita Hilton (centre), listen to Produce Inspector, Weavill Gordon, as he inspects mangoes at the Norman Manley International Airport before export to the United Kingdom (UK), on Thursday (April 22). Jamaica resumed exporting mangoes to the UK after a self-imposed ban in 2014 due to fruit flies.

PHOTOS: Mangoes Exported To UK

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Apiculture Industry Gets $35-Million Support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Over $30 million was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries through training and capacity building to 23 beekeeping projects islandwide in 2020. Additionally, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry, the Ministry provided a $5-million grant towards a farm feeding support in an effort to preserve the life of approximately 12% of the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Leslie Campbell.

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Senate Passes Bill to Validate Winding up of Tobacco Industry Control Authority

The Tobacco Industry Regulations (Validation and Indemnity) (Repeal) Act 2021, was passed in the Senate on April 23. The legislation provides for the validation and confirmation of all acts in relation to the winding up of the Tobacco Industry Control Authority, including the divestment of assets, entering into contracts and the payment of redundancies to officers and servants. It also...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, cuts an East Indian mango, which was among 4,710 kilograms of mangoes shipped to the United Kingdom (UK) from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday (April 22). The mangoes were exported by local fresh food producers Native Nature, Dussard Trading, Tropical Foods, Carita Jamaica Limited and Wah Gwaan Foods (Yam Man) Jamaica Limited.

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4,710 Kilograms Of Julie And East Indian Mangoes Shipped To The UK

Approximately 4,710 kilograms of mangoes were shipped to the United Kingdom (UK) from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday (April 22). The mangoes were exported by local fresh food producers Native Nature, Dussard Trading, Tropical Foods, Carita Jamaica Limited and Wah Gwaan Foods (Yam Man) Jamaica Limited. The shipment, comprising 320 boxes of Julie and 172 boxes...

Watershed Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), André Reid, addresses a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) head office on Half-Way- Tree Road in Kingston, on April 20.

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315 Farmers Reap Benefits Under Irrigation Systems Consultancy Project

A total of 315 farmers from 11 districts in St. Thomas and St. Andrew have benefited from irrigation equipment and techniques to boost crop production under the Irrigation Systems Consultancy Project. The consultancy was executed through a partnership involving the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). The eight-month-long project, which began in July...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), hands over a backyard gardening kit to Overseer at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Facility in St. Catherine, Carol Johnson, at the Twickenham Industries Centre in Twickeham Park, St. Catherine, on Thursday (April 15).

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More Than 400 Kits Distributed Under Backyard Garden Project

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says that the Backyard Garden project is “up and running” with more than 400 gardening kits already distributed to householders across the island. He was speaking to JIS News during a ceremony in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on Thursday (April 15), where 13 kits were handed over to residents of the parish....

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, examines the features in one of the new water trucks commissioned to fight drought conditions in St. Elizabeth, at Watchwell, recently.

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More Persons Interested In Farming – Minister Green

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says there is growing evidence to suggest that even amidst the raging COVID-19 pandemic, more persons have been expressing an interest in farming. Mr. Green, who was speaking at the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) office in Watchwell, St. Elizabeth, recently, said the pandemic has reinforced the importance of farming as a viable...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (Mark Bell Photo)

5 years ago Agriculture

Agro-Processing Learning Lab Opens At Knockalva Polytechnic College

The Agro-processing learning lab at the Knockalva Polytechnic College in Ramble, Hanover, was officially opened today (March 31). The lab will help prepare students for agro-processing and the wider world of agribusiness, while providing greater access to tertiary education for persons in western Jamaica. Speaking at the virtual ceremony, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said the lab...