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(FILE) The Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Karl Samuda

Resilience of Fishing Communities Being Strengthened

The Government has allocated $75.3 million for the promotion of community-based climate resilience in the fisheries sector. The project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, aims to enhance resilience to climate change among...

Identifier and Entomologist at the Plant Quarantine Produce Inspection Branch, Karen Christie (right), sharing information with cocoa farmers in Woodside, St Mary during the Ministry’of Agriculture’s recent Frosty Pod Rot sensitization session in that community..

Frosty Pod Rot Seminars Well Attended by Cocoa Farmers

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda (right), greets dairy farmer Oral Wallace (left), during a ceremony for the handing over of $5 million worth of fertilizer to dairy farmers from Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and St. Thomas at the Rhymesbury Cooperative Building in Clarendon on Friday (February 16). Looking on are Chairman of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), Donald Elvey (2nd left); and Chairman of the Rhymesfield Dairy Farmers Cooperative, Derrick Walker.

Dairy Farmers Urged to Improve Competitiveness

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament at Gordon House, on February 15. It was done under the theme ‘Continuing on the Path to Prosperity’.

Notable Achievements in Agriculture – GG

Young farmers display their cattle and small ruminants at the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on February 14.

Agriculture Minister Impressed With Young Farmers at Hague Show

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

$47 Million to Enhance Resilience of Coastal Areas

A total of $47 million has been set aside to enhance the resilience of the agricultural sector and coastal areas. The allocation for the work is outlined in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to increase livelihood security of the population in targeted communities and the overall climate resilience of the agricultural...

8 years ago Agriculture

$450 Million Set Aside to Repair Farm Roads

The Government has allocated approximately $450 million for the repair of 234.3 kilometres of farm roads across the island. Details are provided in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), aims to over time, rehabilitate approximately 420 kilometres of rural roads across 98 extension areas...

8 years ago AgricultureEducation

Consultant to Prepare Design for Diagnostic Centre at CASE

The Government is to engage a consultant to assess and prepare a preliminary design for the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Special Education Diagnostic Centre in Portland during the 2018/2019 fiscal year. Details of the $5-million project are outlined in the 2018/2019 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Government, through the Ministry of Education,...

8 years ago AgricultureBudget 2018/2019

Bodles Research Station to be Rehabilitated

The Bodles Research Station in Old Harbour, St. Catherine is to be rehabilitated at a cost of $300 million. The allocation for the work, to be implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, has been provided in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives, . It will go towards renovation of facilities that directly...

- Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, examines a baby chick at the HiPro booth, during his tour of displays at the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on February 14.

8 years ago AgricultureBudget 2018/2019CommerceIndustry

Agriculture Minister Reassures JAS Members

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has reassured farmers who are members of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) that the Government will not abandon the organisation, even as it seeks to relinquish budgetary support. Mr. Samuda was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 63rd Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on February 14. “The...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Honourable Karl Samuda, addresses patrons at the 63rd Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on Wednesday, February 14.

8 years ago AgricultureBudget 2018/2019CommerceIndustry

Gov’t Commits $70 Million to Help Trelawny Farmers Transport Sugar Cane

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government has committed another $70 million to assist farmers in Trelawny with the transportation of sugar cane to the Appleton Estate and Worthy Park factories this year. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 63rd Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on Wednesday (February 14), Mr. Samuda...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda (left), converses with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith, at the launch of the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Tuesday (February 13).

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Jamaica to Host FAO Regional Conference March 5 to 8

Jamaica will be hosting the 35th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean from March 5 to 8 at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. The three-day event is expected to attract ministers of agriculture, social development, education, health and environment and other high-level officials from the...