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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), tours the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on August 1,with Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant (left) and Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right).

Gov’t to Double Irrigated Lands

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the Government will be expanding the hectares of irrigated land available to the farming sector. Mr. Holness, who was addressing yesterday’s (Aug.1) final day of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and...

Minister Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Government Pursuing Organic Agriculture

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), and Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant (centre), examine a rabbit that was on display at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on Saturday, July 30. Looking on is JAS First Vice-President, Donald Berry.

Denbigh Showground Proposed to House Youth In Agriculture Programme

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake (right), makes a presentation to 4-H Clubite, Martin Rose, during the prize-giving exercise at the Denbigh Agricultural Show in 2015.

Youth in Agriculture Village at Denbigh

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rainforest Seafoods, Brian Jardim (centre), points out the various food items produced by his company. The occasion was a tour of the company’s manufacturing facility on Slipe Road in Kingston on July 27. At third right is President of the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), Michelle Chong.

Gov’t to Increase Protection of Fishing Territory

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Vincent Wright (right), and Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (centre) admire a yield of freshly produced crops during the FUJL press briefing held at the Ministry’s, Hope Road office on July 19.

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NCU to Offer Degree and Diploma Programmes in Agriculture

The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) will be offering degree and diploma programmes in agriculture starting August 2016. The announcement was made by Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at NCU, Vincent Wright, during his address at the Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) press briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Old Hope Road...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left); General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie (centre), and Charge d

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Banana Industry Rebounding in Several Parishes

The banana industry is rebounding and generating employment in the parishes of St. James, Portland and St. Mary. According to Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, strategies implemented by the Banana Board resulted in the production of 55,000 tonnes of the fruit in 2015, a three per cent increase over the...

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Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) Endorsed by Minister Hutchinson

Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) has been endorsed as one of the projects that will transform agriculture in Jamaica, by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson. The non-profit project has been established by the Jamaican Diaspora to assist local farmers to cultivate organic food and increase the country’s food exports, while...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), is shown a fruit and vegetable processor by Caribbean Cable Company’s (CCC) outgoing Managing Director, Ariel Roman Colina (2nd left), during a visit to the entity’s plant at Rodon’s Pen in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Tuesday, July 19. Others (from left) are CCC’s newly appointed Managing Director, Jose Estevez Torres; and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Acting Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson.

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Gov’t Forging Partnership to Source Tools for Farmers

The Government is seeking to forge a partnership with local entity Caribbean Cable Company (CCC), to source tools and equipment for small farmers. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says harrows, ploughs and rotavators, which are used to prepare land for cultivation, are among the implements being sought. Mr. Hutchinson indicated...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

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Closing of Sectoral Debate – Hon. Karl Samuda

Introductory Remarks Speaker, it is my task today to close the Sectoral Debate for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017, and the first for this new administration. I am, indeed, honoured to do so. On behalf of the Government, I applaud everyone who took the time and effort to make a meaningful contribution to the Debate. While we won’t be able to...

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$800 Million to Rehabilitate Cane Roads

Some $800 million will be spent to rehabilitate 80 kilometres of cane roads in sugar-producing parishes, under the Sugar Transformation Programme. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, as he closed the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 12. The works will be undertaken in St. Thomas, Hanover, St....

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, closes the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 12.

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Government Will Take Decisive Action to Tackle Crime – Samuda

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government will take decisive action to tackle the issue of crime. “We must amend our laws to put tougher penalties in place for persons convicted of violent crimes, and we must fix our justice system,” Mr. Samuda said. The Minister was closing the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the...