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Help For Coffee Farmers Affected By Fire

The Government has commenced distributing equipment and plants to coffee farmers in the Blue Mountain Ridge, whose crops were destroyed by fire recently. This was made possible through the $25 million allocated by the Government to assist the affected farmers....

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second left), raise a toast to the new brew of Red Stripe Beer, which now incorporates locally produced cassava starch in its production. The Ministers were participating in a ceremony on June 18, during which the brewery’s cassava starch factory was officially commissioned into service. Others (from third left) are: Managing Director, Cedric Blair; and Chairman, Richard Byles.

Local Cassava Starch Now Key Ingredient in Red Stripe Beer

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), is greeted by Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Sergei Donskoi, before engaging in discussions yesterday (June 17) . Minister Paulwell is currently in Russia for the 19th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum from June 18 to 20.

Russia to Provide Support in Agriculture and the Environment

State Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Luther Buchanan (left), converses with delegates attending the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, following his presentation at Monday’s (June 15) Agro-parks and Agri-business plenary session, under the theme: ‘Sow, Reap, Profit’. The conference is being held from June 15 to 18, under the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity’.

Diaspora Members Encouraged To Invest In Agriculture

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, addresses the opening ceremony for the Knockalva Agricultural School's 75th Anniversary Expo, held at the school's location in Hanover yesterday (June 10).

Ministry Upgrading Dairy Programmes at Agricultural Schools

11 years ago AgricultureEnvironment

More Residents of Clifton to Get Certificates of Possession

Another 200 residents of Clifton, in South St. Catherine, are to receive their Certificates of Possession, under the SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) Community Regularization and Development Programme. This will bring the total number of Certificates of Possession issued to residents of the community to 300 so far. Last month, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, issued certificates to...

Agriculture Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), receives a warm welcome to the compound of the Donald Sangster International Airport from Chief Executive Officer of MBJ Airports Limited, Anthony Alicastro, as he arrives for a ceremony to mark the closing of an Information Fair at the end of Plant Quarantine Week at the Agricultural Export Complex at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, on June 5.

11 years ago Agriculture

Work of Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch Hailed

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has hailed the work being done by the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection branch of the Ministry, in helping to protect the country’s agricultural environment. Addressing the closing ceremony for an Information Fair to mark the end of Plant Quarantine Week, at the Agricultural Export Complex at the Donald Sangster International...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant (left), in discussion with President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Broilers Group, Christopher Levy (right), during the launch of the 63rd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in White Marl, St. Catherine, on June 4. At centre is President, Small Business Association of Jamaica, Hugh Johnson. The show, which is slated for July 31- August 2, will be held at the Denbigh Showground, May Pen, Clarendon, and is being staged by the JAS, in association with the Ministry of Agriculture.

11 years ago Agriculture

New Offsite Fumigation Facility Available To Exporters

A new offsite fumigation facility has been established at the Jam Island Processing Company in Manchester, to aid in the preparation and packaging of products for export. The project, which was undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, will serve to enhance Jamaica’s export capacity. This was noted by Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier,...

11 years ago Agriculture

Good Prospects for Fresh Produce Exports

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says there are good prospects for an increase in fresh produce exports coming out of talks with buyers in major markets in the United States and Britain. “We have made significant progress in the British market, through our collaboration with the London Fresh Produce Consortium,” he said, adding that the...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), emphasizes a point during the Ministry’s Quarantine Division’s exporters’ forum, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (June 2). The forum formed part of week-long activities marking Plant Quarantine Week 2015, from May 30 to June 5, under the theme: ‘Plant Quarantine: Facilitating Trade...Securing Jamaica’s Agriculture’. Listening keenly are: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (left), and Regional Administrative Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Maydene Campbell.

11 years ago Agriculture

Submission to be Made to the USDA for Mango Export

The Ministry of Agriculture has developed an action plan for submission to the United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) for consideration and approval for Jamaican mangoes to be exported to the USA. This comes as the Ministry seeks to maximize the opportunities being provided under the USDA’s pre-clearance facility, which currently provides Jamaica with pre-clearance...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lloyd B. Smith, addresses the opening ceremony for the 35th annual conference of the Insurance Association of the Caribbean, held on May 31, at the Hyatt Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James.

11 years ago AgricultureTourism

Caribbean Insurers Urged to Develop Products for Agriculture, Tourism

Players in the Caribbean insurance industry are being urged to develop innovative products that will provide natural disaster protection for critical sectors such as agriculture and tourism. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lloyd B. Smith, made the appeal, as he delivered the keynote address at the opening of the 35th annual conference of the Insurance Association of...

One of the greenhouses on the site of the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project, in Rose Hill, Manchester. Under the project, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), and the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), are collaborating to impart greenhouse technologies to farmers in Manchester, St. Elizabeth and St. Ann, through a $192 million partnership.

11 years ago Agriculture

Farmers to Benefit from Major Greenhouse Project

Farmers in a number of bauxite mining communities should benefit from greenhouse technologies, through a $192 million project, a collaboration between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI). The project involves conversion of mined-out lands to water reservoirs to be used for irrigation, where greenhouses are constructed for agricultural production, benefitting some 160 farmers who...