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State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Luther Buchanan, addresses Field Day at the Holland Sugar Estate, In St. Elizabeth, on October 16.

Government Committed to Sugar Industry – State Minister Buchanan

The Government remains committed to finding ways to support the local sugar industry, to ensure that it returns to 100 per cent profitability. State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Luther Buchanan, who spoke at a Field...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry.

Agri Ministry Looking to Extend Agro Parks to Western Jamaica

Students of the Anchovy High School, in St. James, are joined by their Agricultural Science Teacher, Sean Thomas (right), in collecting a set of gardening tools from Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (left). Joining in the presentation, which took place on World Food Day, October 15, Dr. Jerome Thomas (second left), representing the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize.

State Minister Says Research Needs to be Improved

(L-R): Michael Hailu, CTA Director; Hon. David Tosul Butulso, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biodiversity, Vanuatu and Hon. Soeresh Algoa, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Suriname.

More Agro Cooperation Between Caribbean and Pacific Countries

Acting Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addresses the launch of the National Irish Potato Expansion Programme
today (September 30), at the the Ministry’s Hope Gardens headquarters, in Kingston. Mr. Kellier also outlined plans for the 2014/15 crop season. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry. — Acting Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addresses the launch of the National Irish Potato Expansion Programme today (September 30), at the the Ministry’s Hope Gardens headquarters, in Kingston. Mr. Kellier also outlined plans for the 2014/15 crop season. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry.

Agriculture Ministry Engages Financial Entities to Assist Irish Potato Farmers

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National Ceremony and Exhibition to Mark World Food Day 2014

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries observed World Food Day 2014 on Wednesday, October 15, with the staging of a national ceremony and exhibition at the Anchovy High School in St. James. The event, got underway at 10:00 a.m., and featured displays by a number of agricultural stakeholders. Among the exhibitors were: the Ministry’s Plant Quarantine and Research and Development...

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Import of Irish Potato Down 75%

Irish potato imports have declined by more than 75 per cent since 2008, under the Government’s deliberate strategy to ramp up production. Imports have fallen from 9.3 million kilograms to 2.2 million kilograms in 2013. At the same time, the country’s national self-sufficiency levels increased from 32 per cent in 2008 to close to 90 per cent in 2013. “The...

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Agriculture Ministry Engages Financial Entities to Assist Irish Potato Farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is engaging credit unions and other financial entities, to provide assistance to Irish potato farmers, through the introduction of a crop lien facility. Supported by firm marketing contracts, the Ministry is pushing the crop lien mechanism, as a mainstream strategy for financing agricultural production. This is the model which is to be used in...

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Additional $95 Million to Assist Farmers

Cabinet has approved another $95 million to provide assistance to the agricultural sector in the wake of severe drought conditions which affected the island from January to July of this year. Of the sum, $50 million is to be spent immediately, while the remainder is to be used during the first quarter of the 2015 calendar year. Acting Agriculture and...

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Potential for Growth in Pig Industry

The local pig/pork industry continues to have great potential for growth and ongoing development, despite the many challenges facing the sector. This was stated by outgoing President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association, Delroy Manya, when he presented the Director’s report at the association’s 12th annual general meeting, at the Golf View hotel in Mandeville, on September 25. He informed...

12 years ago Agriculture

Farmers Urged to Protect Pigs Against PEDv

Local farmers are being urged to safeguard their pigs against the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv), by President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Broilers Group, Chris Levy. The virus was first diagnosed in the United States in April, 2013. Since then, it has spread to 30 states and is responsible for more than seven million deaths in piglets. PEDv...

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Pig Farmers Hailed for Creating Self-Sufficient Pork Industry

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dervan Spence, has lauded local pig farmers for creating a “self-sufficient pork industry”. Mr. Spence, who was speaking at the 12th annual general meeting of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA), held on Thursday (September 25), at the Golf View hotel in Mandeville, said Jamaica produces nearly 10 million kilograms...