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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses a function in Gillard, St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (Feb.16), for the commissioning of electricity service for 29 residents.

Gov’t to Expand Ganja Research and Development

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is encouraging Jamaicans to prepare to take advantage of the economic benefits to be derived from the ganja industry. He said licences will shortly be issued to farmers for the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says Government is committed to the survival of the sugar industry.

Gov’t Committed To Survival of Sugar Industry

Head of Section, Economic and Social Development and Trade, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands, Achim Schaffert (left), in discussion with Senior Plant Quarantine Officer at the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Fitzroy White. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the Pest Risk Analysis Training, at the Alhambra Inn, today (February 15).

Pest Risk Analysis Training Feb. 15-19

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers
in Kensington, St James, where nearly 230 received fertilizer and plant
suckers on Thursday, February 11, under the Ministry — Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers in Kensington, St James, where nearly 230 received fertilizer and plant suckers on Thursday, February 11, under the Ministry's banana industry resuscitation programme

Agriculture Ministry Provides Fertilizer, Planting Material for Banana Farmers in St. James

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, and students, Amir Nelson (left) and Alison Johnson (centre) plant an orange tree at the Orange Hill Primary School, on February 5. Mr. Kellier launched a tree planting project at the school.

Tree Planting Project Launched At Orange Hill Primary School

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Food Import Bill Drops 11.5 Per Cent In 2015

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is reporting that the country’s food import bill declined by 11.5 per cent last year, representing savings of J$10.5 billion (US$88.7 million) over the corresponding period in 2014. He was speaking at the 2016 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Wednesday, February 10. Minister Kellier credited the decline to...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (second left), signs contract for the rehabilitation of the John Common Road, near Stonehenge, in Southern St. James, on February 5. The work is being funded by the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH) Limited, at a cost of $6.5 million. Others (from left) are: Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; Councillor Gladston Bent; Project Manager, Andrew Jeffery; Project Engineer, Dwight Mullings and Chief Executive Officer of SCJH Limited, John Gayle.

10 years ago Agriculture

John Common Road To Be Repaired

A section of the John Common Road, near Stonehenge, in St. James, will be repaired at a cost of $6.5 million. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, signed the contract on February 5, at the Orange Hill Primary School, in St. James. In his address, Mr. Kellier informed that the work will get underway next week and completed...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), examines pineapples on the Orange Hill Primary School compound, during a tour of the community on February 5. Others (from left) are: Councillor Martin Kellier and Chief Executive Officer of the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH), John Gayle.

10 years ago Agriculture

Agriculture Minister Hints at Establishing Pineapple Factory in St. James

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says the time is ripe to revisit the plan to establish a pineapple factory in Stonehenge, Southern St. James, to utilize the abundance of pineapple produced in that community and the adjoining areas. “We had planned some time ago, that we would establish in this zone, as part of our development plan...

10 years ago Agriculture

Hague Show Sponsors Looking To Return Event to Former Glory

Main sponsor for the 2016 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show, Hi-Pro Feeds Limited, says it is working with event organisers, the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), to return the popular Ash Wednesday show to its former glory. “We want to see a difference in Hague this year and return to the days …when you used to see people coming out to...

Organic farmer, Kermar Francis, tends to kale (curly lettuce) that is grown on his farm in Middleton, St. Thomas.

10 years ago Agriculture

Organic Farming Project Impacting Sector

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sponsored ‘One One Coco’ project is having a positive impact on the agricultural sector. The project, which was launched in 2014 through the Source Farm Foundation and Eco-village Programme (SFFEP)’s ‘One One Coco’ Natural Farmers School, has been training local farmers in rudiments of Permaculture and Organic farming. This has resulted in...

President of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Wendell Stewart (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, in Montego Bay, on February 2. He outlined details of the 2016 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show to be held in Trelawny on Ash Wednesday, February 10. Others (from left) are: Trelawny 4-H Parish Development Officer, Natanish Hines and Trelawny Social Development Commission (SDC) Parish Manager, Paula Barrett.

10 years ago Agriculture

More than 2,000 Farmers to take part in Hague Agricultural Show

President of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Wendell Stewart, says over 2,000 farmers from the parish will be involved in the Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show, to be staged at the Hague show grounds, on Ash Wednesday, February 10. Speaking during a JIS ‘Think Tank’, in Montego Bay, on February 2, Mr. Stewart said some...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), makes a symbolic presentation of a signed contract to Contractor and Director of Surrey Pavements, Mr. Leslie Chang (right), following the signing of seven contracts for the rehabilitation of farm roads across 10 parishes, under Phase Two of the National Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, valued at $182 million. Others (from left) are: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier , and State Minister, Hon. Luther Buchanan. The ceremony was held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday, February 2.

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22 Farm Roads To Be Rehabilitated

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through its National Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme, Tuesday, February 2, signed seven contracts valued at some $182 million for the rehabilitation of 22 farm roads in 10 parishes. The contracts, which forms phase two of the programme, are for roads in Portland, St James, Hanover, St. Mary, Clarendon, St. Thomas, St. Ann, St. Catherine,...