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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at the virtual launch of the Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project, today (December 10).

Project Launched By PM To Increase Agricultural Production In St. Catherine And Clarendon

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, Thursday (December 10) officially launched the Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project, which seeks to increase productivity and access to markets for farmers in St. Catherine and Clarendon. In his address at the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses farmers at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in Clarendon, recently.

Minister Wants Farm Lands To Be Put Into Production

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

Farmers Lauded For Their Resilience

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), looks at one of the vouchers that St. Jago Farm and Hardware Supplies Limited is making available to farmers who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Managing Director of the company, O'Brien Johnson (right), handed over the vouchers during a ceremony at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on Thursday (November 26) for the presentation of $7.5 million in support to farmers. At left is Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Michael Pryce.

St. Jago Farm And Hardware Supplies Provides $7.5 Million In COVID Support To Farmers

Increase In Arrests Of Praedial Larcenists

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Agriculture Minister To Work With Farmers To Resolve Challenges

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is assuring the nation’s farmers that he values their input and will be steadfastly working with them to resolve the challenges that confront them. “That is the sort of approach that I take to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. I definitely believe in an inclusive approach. I definitely believe that while...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the virtual post Cabinet press briefing, held today (November 25).

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Cabinet Approves US$25-Million MASP For Inclusion In Investment Programme

Cabinet has given approval for the US$25-million Modernisation of the Agriculture Sector Programme (MASP) to be included in the Public Sector Investment Programme. The initiative is a five-year project that will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and financed by a US$25-million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Speaking at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing today...

JSWIFT Project Manager and Chief Information Officer at the Jamaica Customs Agency, Andre Williams.

5 years ago Agriculture

JSWIFT Exceeding Turnaround Time For Processing Trade Documents

The Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) has been doing same day processing for approximately 50 to 70 per cent of documents submitted daily, thereby exceeding expectations of the online portal. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, JSWIFT Project Manager and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), André Williams said that the Trade Board Limited (TBL),...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (November 25).

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Sufficient Supply Of Tubers And Meat For Christmas

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says there will be sufficient supply of tubers and meat for the Christmas period. He said that the Ministry has been monitoring the food supply chain in light of the damage that has been done by the recent heavy rains. “The good news is that in relation to our tubers [and] meat...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), listens to St. Thomas farmer, Gary Mclean (right), as Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, observes. Teams from the Ministry and RADA conducted a recent tour of flood-damaged areas in St. Thomas. Farms in South and West Albion, Phillipsfield, Wheelersfield and Plantain Garden River Agro Park were visited. A tour of Serge Island farms was also conducted.

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Emphasis On River Training

The Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government will be seeking to address the issue of river training as a mitigation tool to prevent crop losses from flooding. The recent heavy rains and some river breaches caused widespread flooding, resulting in some 2,955 hectares of crop losses, valued at approximately $2.5 billion and impacting thousands of farmers....

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the virtual launch of the Government

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Ministry Launches Agricultural Aid Programme To Train Young Persons

The Government has launched a $10-million Agricultural Aid Programme, to train more than 80 young persons in technical agricultural skills and provide services to hundreds of farmers across the island. Participants in the programme will be recruited through the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme and trained by HEART/National Service Training Agency (NSTA) Trust, and the Rural Agricultural Development...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), interacts with 4-H clubbites from Kingston and St. Andrew, at the launch of the Youth in Agriculture Roadmap, on November 12, at the Ministry in Kingston.

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Repositioning Agriculture Among Youth Necessary – Minister

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says there needs to be a comprehensive repositioning of agriculture among the nation’s youth, including how it is presented in the school system and, by extension, viewed by society as a lesser career choice. Addressing the launch of a Youth in Agriculture Roadmap, at the Ministry in Kingston on November 12, the...