The Sugar Transformation Project has received an allocation of $2.4 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, some $850 million has been allocated for Cane Expansion Activities, including the planting/replanting of a minimum of 1,300 hectares of sugar cane, and the rehabilitation of 80 kilometres of cane roads. There will also...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will continue the implementation of the European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Capacity Building Project, this year, with a $37.9 million allocation in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament. The project aims to facilitate increased production and more diversified export of agricultural and agro-processed products to the European Union (EU)...

The Sugar Transformation Project has received an allocation of $2.4 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, some $850 million has been allocated for Cane Expansion Activities, including the planting/replanting of a minimum of 1,300 hectares of sugar cane, and the rehabilitation of 80 kilometres of cane roads. There will also...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, is hailing the resilience of Trelawny’s farmers, noting that despite drought they produced over 95,000 metric tonnes of produce last year, contributing 15.5 per cent of the country’s domestic crop production. He said the parish is ranked third in domestic production behind Manchester and St. Elizabeth. “Let me celebrate the...

Cabinet has approved the lease of 250 acres of land in Wallen, St. Catherine, to Red Stripe for the planting of cassava in support of the company’s plans to produce cassava as a substitute for imported barley.  This is in addition to the 36-acre property which was leased to Red Stripe in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, to plant cassava as...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says major developments are to take place shortly in the Jamaica banana industry, with an emphasis on production for the export market. Addressing the opening of the Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show in Falmouth, Trelawny on February 18, Mr. Kellier said the developments would include putting more lands into banana cultivation,...

Jamaican agricultural produce could soon reach the United Kingdom market within 10 days, based on a pending agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and a major shipping line, which will shortly be operating directly between both countries. Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said currently Jamaican products get into the United Kingdom market in 23 days,...