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Country Representative for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Theresa Tuner-Jones, addressing the launch of COK Solidarity Co-operative Credit Union Micro Finance Unit, in St. Andrew, on Wednesday (March 25).

Farmers Progressing Well At New Forrest/Duff House Agro Park

Farmers at the New Forrest/Duff House Agro Park, on the boarder of Manchester and St. Elizabeth, are progressing well according to Country Representative for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Theresa Tuner-Jones. The IDB official said she visited the farm on...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Securities, Hon.
Derrick Kellier, (Right) presents a cheque valued at $27 million representing government — Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Securities, Hon. Derrick Kellier, (Right) presents a cheque valued at $27 million representing government's grant funding of the Sweet River Abattoir Agro-Park to Managing Director of the facility, Valdence Gifford during the launching of the facility which is near completion. This represented the 9th agro park to be established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries across Jamaica. The facility was established through Public/Private partnership at a cost of $292 million.

Ninth Agro Park Launched At Sweet River Abattoir

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Securities, Hon.
Derrick Kellier (second right) along with (from second left) Permanent
Secretary in Agriculture Ministry, Donovan Stanberry, Minister of State in
the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther
Buchanan and Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and Member of Parliamewnt
for Western Westmoreland Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeil examine the water source
for the Bath Mountain to Bleauwerie Water Supply Project on March 26. The
project is aimed at supplying over 205 families with reliable water source
at a cost of approximately $26.8 million. — Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Securities, Hon. Derrick Kellier (second right) along with (from second left) Permanent Secretary in Agriculture Ministry, Donovan Stanberry, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan and Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and Member of Parliamewnt for Western Westmoreland Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeil examine the water source for the Bath Mountain to Bleauwerie Water Supply Project on March 26. The project is aimed at supplying over 205 families with reliable water source at a cost of approximately $26.8 million.

Bath Mountain to Bleauwerie Water Supply Project Launched

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addresses the launch of the International Year of Soils 2015, held on March 25, at the Ministry in Kingston. Listening are State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Luther Buchanan (2nd right); Chairman of the Soil Health Steering Committee and owner of Richmond Farms Limited, Mark Brooks (2nd left); and Communications Consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Shanoy Coombs.

Agriculture Ministry Embarks On Yearlong Soil Health Programme

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (right), shares a light moment with (from left): Regional Representative, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (CABI) Naitram Ramnanan; Global Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, CABI, Dr. Abdillahi Alawy; Chief Technical Director, Agriculture Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Permanent Secretary, Donovan Stanberry. Occasion was the official launch of the Plantwise programme at the Knutsford Court in New Kingston on March 24. Plantwise is a programme which is being co-ordinated by the CABI which works to strengthen national plant health systems.

Plant Health Clinics to Be Established

State Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, addresses the 3rd staging of the St. Ann Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show held on March 21 at the Naranda Bauxite Sports Grounds in Discovery Bay, St. Ann.

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Jamaica to Export Hot Pepper and Dasheen to Trinidad

Jamaica will soon be exporting hot pepper and dasheen to Trinidad and Tobago. State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, says an agreement has been reached at the CARICOM level for the export of the crops to the twin-island republic. Addressing the St. Ann Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at the Noranda Bauxite...

St. Thomas farmer, Lawrence Lynch (right), and fellow farmer, Donovan Johnson, show off onions reaped from his farm in Yallahs, under the Agro Parks initiative. Mr. Lynch is expected to reap more than 20,000 pounds of the condiment from his one-acre farm within the next few days.

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Young St. Thomas Farmer Excited About Agriculture

Though there is often no glitz and glamour associated with agriculture, 27-year-old St. Thomas farmer, Lawrence Lynch, says this is the job he was meant to do. Speaking to JIS News in an interview during a tour of his one acre onion farm in Yallahs recently, Mr. Lynch reminisced on his journey into farming, explaining that the inspiration came from...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards (centre), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 19. Others (from left) are: Commercial Department Manager at the NIC, Mrs. Lorraine Geddes-McDonald and Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Mr. Milton Henry.

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NIC Provides Water for 36,066 Hectares across the Island

With a major focus on advancing irrigated agriculture, the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is operating 10 irrigation schemes that cover 36,066.20 hectares in the eastern, central and western regions of Jamaica. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 19, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NIC, Dr. Mark Richards, said the Commission has been given the mandate to manage, operate,...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s St. James Association of Branch Societies, and Mayor of Montego Bay , Councillor Glendon Harris, announces that the 32nd staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James, on Easter Monday (April 6), will be dedicated to the memory of the late Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke. He was speaking at the press launch of the show in Montego Bay on March 18.

11 years ago Agriculture

Montpelier Show Dedicated To Memory of Roger Clarke

The 32nd staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St James, on Easter Monday (April 6), will be dedicated to the memory of the late Roger Clarke, former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) St. James Association of Branch Societies, Mayor Glendon Harris, made the announcement at a press launch of the...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has imposed an immediate import restriction on poultry products from North America the main source from which Jamaica imports poultry products.

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Agriculture Ministry Imposes Restrictions on Poultry Imports

In a bid to safeguard Jamaica’s poultry and public health in the wake of recently reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, Government, through the Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has imposed an immediate import restriction on poultry products from North America the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), and St. Thomas farmer, Gary McLean (second left), lift bags of recently harvested onions, during a tour of the Yallahs Agro Park in the parish. Also sharing in the moment are: Advisor to the Minister, Phyllis Mitchell (left, background), Zonal Director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Percival Shaw (right), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Don McGlashan.

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1.1 Million Kilograms of Onions to be Reaped

At least 1.1 million kilograms of onions are expected to be harvested within the next three months, as Government seeks to ramp up production of the crop in order to satisfy local demand. Making the disclosure, Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Don McGlashan, said of the number, 600,000 kilograms will be reaped from farms within...

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, examines items on display at the Caribbean Food Safety and Security Conference, held from March 17 to 18, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay. Mr. Fulton addressed the conference on March 18. The conference was held under the theme:

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RADA CEO says Food Security is National Priority

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton, has emphasised that food security and safety has become a national priority. Addressing participants at the 7th Caribbean Food Safety and Security Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort, in Montego Bay, on March 18, the CEO said that priority is very significant, as economic and...