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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), shares a light moment with (from left): Jamaica Representative, Marsha Johnson; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw; United States Representatives, Megan Wall and Michael Moscarelli. Occasion was the USAID Farmer to Farmer Conference 2020, held at The Liguanea Club in New Kingston, on Monday (January 6).

New Agricultural Transformation Project For St. Catherine

A new agricultural transformation project will soon commence in St. Catherine, as the Government aims to create more wealth among local farmers. “Within a matter of months, this transformation will begin. In fact, in the Bernard Lodge and Innswood areas...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (right), engages in a light moment with the longest participant in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme, George Blackwood, who has been travelling to Canada for job opportunities under the programme for over 20 years. Occasion was a send-off ceremony at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Services Centre on Friday (January 3). Mr. Blackwood is among 228 workers who will be leaving the island between now and Monday (January 6), to work in Canada.

First Batch Of Farm Workers Depart For Canada

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the rehabilitated Marl Road community roadway, in Balaclava, St. Elizabeth, on Thursday (December 19). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right) and Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Evon Redman. The road was repaired as part of the Ministry’s National Farm Road Programme.

250 Roadways Rehabilitated Under National Farm Road Programme

National Praedial Larceny Prevention Officer, Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit (PLPCU), Sergeant Bruce Williams.

Farmers Urged To Take Precautions Against Praedial Larceny

Workers plant hemp at Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny.

Residents Welcome Organic Growth Holdings’ Investment In Trelawny

General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie.

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Banana Board On Alert For Threat Of TR4 Disease

General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie, says the organisation is intensifying collaborative efforts with local, regional and international stakeholders against the potential threat of the Tropical Race 4 Disease (TR4). Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Studio 58A session, Mrs. Conie said that given the impact that TR4 can have on the banana industry, the Banana...

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Planting Begins On Medicinal Hemp Farm In Trelawny

Ground was broken on Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny, on Wednesday (December 11). Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated, which trades locally as OGH Grow Jamaica (OGH), has leased the 635-acre property to grow medicinal hemp, which will be used in the manufacture of a number of organic wellness products. The cannabidiol (CBD)-infused...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), listens to Minister Audley Shaw (centre), at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing, on Thursday (December 5), in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence.

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Minister Calls On Farmers To Write Letters For Road Repairs

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling on farmers to write formal letters with requests for road repairs in their communities. Speaking at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Thursday (December 5) in Kingston, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said these letters must be sent to the Parish Manager of the Rural Agricultural...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), hands over the Cannabis Licensing Authority

6 years ago Agriculture

CLA Issues 50th Licence

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has issued its 50th licence for operations in the medical cannabis industry. The Montego Bay-based Outlier Biopharma Limited was presented with the permit to operate a retail herbal house (without facility for consumption) during a ceremony on Wednesday (December 4), at the CLA’s New Kingston offices. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing the recent Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in St. Andrew.

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Pedro Plains Irrigation Feasibility Study Completed

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Pedro Plains Irrigation Feasibility Study has been completed. The study was jointly undertaken by the Governments of Jamaica and France to establish an irrigation system that will provide the farmers of Pedro Plains in St. Elizabeth with water from the Black River, which...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre); and Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Del Solar (right), engage with Cedric Hussey of the Mount Charles branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), at the Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in St. Andrew on November 25.

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Ministry Looking To Hire Agricultural Aides To Assist Farmers

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is looking to strengthen the extension services provided by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) through the introduction of agricultural aides. Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the agricultural aides, who will be adequately trained, will work with farmers in communities in order to raise the country’s...