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Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), signs an agreement to provide grant funding of $12.2 million to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Waiting to afix his signature to the document, is Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right). Also pictured at the head table (from left) are State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Luther Buchanan and CASE Board Chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven. The agreement was signed during a ceremony at the school's Passley Gardens location in Portland on Friday (Jan. 30).

Government Provides $12.2 Million in Grant Funding to CASE

The Government has provided $12.2 million in grant funding to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Making the announcement, Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said this intervention is...

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 (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.

Jamaica to Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Irish Potato Production This Year

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JAS Establishing Marketing Information Centre to Assist Farmers

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is establishing a Marketing Information Centre (JASMIC) that will assist farmers to market their produce in real time. Making his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on January 30, Senator Grant noted that this platform is now being developed by a consortium of software engineers from the Mona School of...

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CASE to Commemorate 105th Anniversary

The College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Alumni Association will commemorate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Government Farm School in 1910, on January 30 and 31. In an interview with JIS News, President of the CASE Alumni Association,Webster McPherson, said Founders’ Day is used to sensitize the students about the journey the school has made and...

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’.

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Expansion in Agro Parks

The country is expected to benefit from a ninth agro park, which is to be in production in the next three to six months. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller made the announcement on January 21, as she addressed the opening of the 10th Jamaica Stock Exchange Conference on Investments and the Capital Markets, at the Jamaica Pegasus. “Over 5,000 people...

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.

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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...

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.

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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...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

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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...