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President of the Thompson Town branch of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Althea Pryce, at the 2015 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show.

Thompson Town Farm Group Improving Lives

Members of the Thompson Town branch of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) have been blazing a trail in improving the lives of residents of the community through farming. The group, which is located 15 minutes...

Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (2nd left), provides information about the programme, during a recent JIS Think Tank. Others (from left) are Secretary FUJL, Daihana Martinez; Director of the Diaspora and Consular Affairs Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders; and Inter-farm Supervisor for FUJL, Dahlia Cole.

Farm Up Pushing Youth into Agriculture

Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis, addresses a recent JIS ThinkTank.

Farm Up Jamaica Helping to Boost Local Agriculture

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

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.

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Denbigh Showground Proposed to House Youth In Agriculture Programme

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, is proposing that the Youth In Agriculture Programme (YIAP) be housed at the Denbigh showground in Clarendon. He contends that if the programme is sited at the property, which is owned by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), it would, among other things, facilitate greater training opportunities for young people in agriculture....

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.

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Youth in Agriculture Village at Denbigh

The Youth in Agriculture (YIA) village, to be set up at this year’s Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, will focus on entrepreneurship among young farmers. The village, themed ‘My Dream: Agripreneurship’, is an added feature at this year’s show, which will be held on the Denbigh Showgrounds in May Pen, Clarendon, from July 30 to August 1. An initiative...

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.

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Gov’t to Increase Protection of Fishing Territory

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government intends to do more to safeguard the country’s territorial waters against poaching. He noted that Jamaica loses approximately US$10 million annually due to illegal fishing. He said the fishing jurisdiction is an important zone that, if properly protected and tapped into, can contribute significantly to the country’s growth and development....

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...