The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), on Thursday (August 15), handed over 70,000 MD2 Pineapple suckers to farmers in St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland, St. James, Hanover, Trelawny and St. Ann. The handing over ceremony was held at the RADA St. Elizabeth Parish Office in Santa Cruz, and was done under the 2019-2020 Production Incentive Programme. Some 4,000 farmers will benefit. The...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, says the organisation is seeking to implement sustainable water- harvesting techniques in the sector, as it seeks to boost the country’s food security. Speaking at the recently held workshop on ‘Accelerating the Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture in Jamaica’, he informed that the Authority has conducted an...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,is imploring the nation’s farmers to incorporate science and technology into their farming practices, in order to continue to increase the country’s agricultural output. He suggests that the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) could use its influence with farmers to ensure the adoption of more innovative methods of farming. The Prime Minister was speaking at...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is encouraging farmers to learn more about the effects of climate change on agriculture, as they are inextricably linked. Delivering the main address at the 67th annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, held at the Denbigh Showgrounds in Clarendon, on Sunday, August 4, the Governor-General emphasised that farming decisions have...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is assuring citizens that the herbicide, glyphosate, poses no risk to public health when it is used in accordance with its label. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Principal Director, Technical Services, RADA, Marina Young, said there have been numerous reviews of research findings to assess the risk the herbicide...

President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, heads a list of overseas dignitaries for the 67th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. The event will take place from August 4-6 at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, under the theme: ‘Grow What You Eat…Eat What You Grow’, with the sub-theme: ‘Aligning farming decisions...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, with parish queens in the National Farm Queen competition, who called at King’s House on August 2.