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Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier addressing the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited official launching ceremony for the 2014/2015 sugar cane crop, held at the Frome Estate in Westmoreland, on January 29.
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier addressing the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited official launching ceremony for the 2014/2015 sugar cane crop, held at the Frome Estate in Westmoreland, on January 29.

Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Lauded for Upgrading Frome Factory

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has commended Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited for the US$40 million rehabilitation works being undertaken at the Frome sugar factory in Westmoreland. Addressing the official launching ceremony of the 2014-2015 sugar...
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), along with Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Tasake (left), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF), Vitus Evans, view photos of farming equipment donated by the Japanese Government to the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry. The equipment, valued at $11 million, was officially handed over at a ceremony at the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) on Winchester Road, in Kingston, on January 27.
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), along with Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Tasake (left), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF), Vitus Evans, view photos of farming equipment donated by the Japanese Government to the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry. The equipment, valued at $11 million, was officially handed over at a ceremony at the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) on Winchester Road, in Kingston, on January 27.

5,000 Acres of Cotton Could be Planted Within Four Years
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), examines banana being packaged for export, while on a visit to the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) Complex in Kingston on Friday (January 23). Others (from left) are: Head of Ashanti Limited, Noel Dempster; Permanent Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; St. Mary banana farmer, Noel Clarke; and Rita Hilton of Carita Jamaica Limited.
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), examines banana being packaged for export, while on a visit to the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) Complex in Kingston on Friday (January 23). Others (from left) are: Head of Ashanti Limited, Noel Dempster; Permanent Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; St. Mary banana farmer, Noel Clarke; and Rita Hilton of Carita Jamaica Limited.

Agriculture Ministry Targets Banana Export Trade
Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (centre), exchanges pleasantries with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Assistant Representative, Dr. Gillian Smith, at the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) national agricultural food security and economic summit held on January 22, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Looking on is President, JAS, Senator Norman Grant.
Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (centre), exchanges pleasantries with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Assistant Representative, Dr. Gillian Smith, at the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) national agricultural food security and economic summit held on January 22, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Looking on is President, JAS, Senator Norman Grant.

Jamaica to Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Irish Potato Production This Year
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is being greeted by General Manager, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest, at the Jamaica Stock Exchange 10th regional conference on investments and the capital markets, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on January 20. The conference is being held under the theme: ‘Regional Transformation through Innovations and Investments’.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is being greeted by General Manager, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest, at the Jamaica Stock Exchange 10th regional conference on investments and the capital markets, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on January 20. The conference is being held under the theme: ‘Regional Transformation through Innovations and Investments’.

Expansion in Agro Parks

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Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (left), is in light conversation with Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Yasuo Takase, at seminar held on January 21, at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew, which looked at 20 years of cooperation between Japan and CARICOM.
Agriculture

Government Looking at Developing Pharmaceuticals from Fish Trimmings

The Government is looking to partner with Japan to explore the development of pharmaceutical items from fish trimmings. Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, made the disclosure at a seminar held on January 21 at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew, which looked at 20 years of cooperation between Japan and CARICOM. Fish...
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JAS Stages Conference to Move Agriculture Forward

More than 20 local and international organizations are expected to participate in the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) inaugural National Agricultural Production and Food Security Summit, scheduled for Thursday, January 22 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston The Summit is an initiative of the JAS, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security.  The first of its...
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Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton (right), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Jerome Thomas, look through a copy of the ‘Best Land Husbandry Practices and Climate Smart Agriculture Manual, during a handing over ceremony today (January 16), at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Veterinary Services Division in Kingston.
Agriculture

RADA Officers to be Trained in Greenhouse Production

Beginning next month, 26 extension officers from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) will be trained in greenhouse production techniques. The move comes as the agency boosts competence in various areas to meet the needs of the country’s farmers, and remain up-to-date with best practices. RADA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lenworth Fulton, said the training will ensure that each parish...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.
Agriculture

Minister Kellier Commends Broiler Companies for Price Reductions

In the wake of recent announcements by Jamaica Broilers Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is commending the companies for their reduction in the price of chicken meat and other products to consumers. and Caribbean Broilers, Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is commending the companies for their reduction in the price of...
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RADA CEO Urges Farmers To Register With ABIS

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, is encouraging more of the island’s farmers to register with the Government’s Agricultural Business Information System (ABIS). ABIS is a web-based information programme developed by RADA, which provides information on crops, livestock, and agricultural production, markets and stakeholders, to support the business of agriculture. It provides data to...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), listens as manufacturer of the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, and head of Jamdun’ Food Procesing, Chevaughn Bowen (3rd left), informs her about the product. Occasion was the recent official opening of the first organic bamboo charcoal factory, in Pembroke Hall, St. Mary. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson; Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, who also heads the Government’s bamboo programme; and the Export Development Manager at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter.
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Local Bamboo Ketchup Now Available

As the Government moves to further the development of the bamboo industry, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is currently encouraging investors to take advantage of byproducts in the sector. Already, there is organic bamboo charcoal on the market, and the latest being the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, which was developed by a recent university graduate, and head of Jamdun’ Food Processing, Chevaughn...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), along with President of Nelson’s Super Farm, Oratio Kennedy (2nd right), display a bag of organic charcoal made from bamboo. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Project Director at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Joylan Silvera; and Member of the Bamboo and Indigenous Materials Advisory Council (BIMAC), Downie Walker. Occasion was the official opening of Jamaica’s first bamboo charcoal factory, located on Nelson’s Super Farm in Pembroke Hall, St. Mary, on Friday (December 19),
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Govt Looking to Use Mined-Out Lands for Bamboo Cultivation

The Government is looking into the feasibility of using mined-out bauxite lands for the wide-scale planting of bamboo, and the growing of edible bamboo shoots. State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, said discussions towards this effort, are underway between her Ministry and the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change. She said the aim is...
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