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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), having a
light conversation with Attorney General and Member of Parliament for North
Trelawny, Hon. Patrick Atkinson (centre) and Mrs. Beverley Atkinson, at the
58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show, which was held on
March 5, in Trelawny, under the theme: — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), having a light conversation with Attorney General and Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Hon. Patrick Atkinson (centre) and Mrs. Beverley Atkinson, at the 58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show, which was held on March 5, in Trelawny, under the theme: 'Empowering youth in agriculture: grow what we eat, eat what we grow'.

Thousands Trained Under ‘Youth in Agriculture’ Programme

More than 102,000 young persons have been trained and 453 school gardens established under the ‘Youth in Agriculture’ initiative, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, has revealed. The on-going project was undertaken in 2001 by the Ministry, in...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, addressing the
58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show which was held on
March 5 in Trelawny, under the theme: — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, addressing the 58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show which was held on March 5 in Trelawny, under the theme: 'Empowering youth in agriculture: grow what we eat, eat what we grow'.

Farmers Urged to Gear Up for More Goat Meat Production

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), greets Director of International Marketing for Vitazyme, Robert Haduk (centre), during a stakeholders seminar at the Agriculture Ministry’s Research Station at Bodles, Old Harbour, St. Catherine, in January. Mr. Clarke was guest speaker at the sensitization forum which was held under the theme: ‘Improving Crop Production, Increasing Productivity’. Looking on is Director of Latin American and Caribbean Operations for the product, Dr. Juan Carlos Diaz.

Research on All Natural Bio-Stimulant to Boost Crop Production

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right); Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (third left); Caribbean Broilers Corporate Affairs Manager, Dr. Keith Amiel (left), and Economic Advisory Council Member, Collin Bullock (fourth left), inspect a 188-acre sorghum field at Hill Run in St. Catherine. The project has resulted in foreign exchange savings to date of over US$50,000 ($5.3 million).

AIC Lays Groundwork For Success Of Agro Parks

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left); Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke; and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlett Gillings, look at broccoli plants during a tour of a greenhouse in Tobolski, St. Ann on Friday (Feb. 21), where the Water Catchment and Greenhouse Cluster Project, being implemented in St. Ann and Manchester, was officially launched. The $192 million project is being undertaken by JSIF and the JBI.

JSIF/JBI Launch $192 Million Greenhouse and Water Catchment Project

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Farmers to be Assisted with Marketing and Sale of Produce

A National Micro Farmer Agricultural Marketing System (NAMFAMS) will be established at a cost of $10 million, to assist farmers with the marketing and sale of their produce. The system is being developed under a pilot phase with a grant from the Universal Services Fund (USF), and is being spearheaded by the Jamaica Agricultural Society Commercial Enterprises Limited (JASCEL). Government...

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Senator Calls for Cess on Imported Coffee

As part of a strategy to re-build the coffee industry, Government Senator, Norman Grant, has called for the imposition of a cess on imported coffee. He suggested that this levy could be placed in a special fund to be used to expand the local coffee industry. Senator Grant, who is also President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), made the...

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Technology coming to help fight Praedial Larceny

Through the use of technology, the Government will soon be in a better position to combat the problem of praedial larceny, which has for several years plagued the island’s agricultural sector. The new praedial larceny software, developed by a group of Fellows under the Code for the Caribbean Fellowship Programme, will assist police officers in confirming information provided by persons...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivers the main address at the launch of the Spring Dunrobin and Hillside Local Forest Management Committees on Friday (Feb. 21), at the White Hall Baptist Church in St. Thomas. Seated at head table (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas, James Robertson; Custos of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett (centre); and Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Ludlow Mathison.

12 years ago Agriculture

Forest Act to be Revised

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has announced that work is to begin shortly to revise the Forest Act, 1996. "The revision will make this important piece of legislation more broad-based and current. It will open the way for the Forestry Department to be even more impactful in carrying out its mandate," he stated. The...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), looks on as Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Yasuo Takese (second left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF), Vitus Evans, hold cheque for grant agreement that was signed on February 18, in Kingston, for revitalisation of the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry in Jamaica. At right is Chairman of the JADF, Dalkeith Hanna.

12 years ago Agriculture

$11 Million Grant to Revive Cotton Industry

The Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF) has signed an $11 million grant agreement with the Japanese Government, for the revitalisation of the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry in Jamaica. The signing, which took place on February 18, also marked the commemoration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Jamaica and Japan. Speaking at the ceremony, which was held...

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4-H Membership Grew By 40 Per Cent Last Year

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs boosted its numbers by about 40 per cent over the last year as it continued efforts to push its membership to 100,000. The organisation’s Chairman, Senator Norman Grant, informed that the number of clubbities stood at approximately 69,000 as at January 2014, moving from 49,000 in January 2013. Senator Grant, who was addressing the media launch...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (2nd right), enjoys a light moment with (from left): Chief Executive Officer of Rainforest Seafoods, Brian Jardim; Senior Sponsorship Manager at Digicel, Tahnida Nunes; and Radio personality, Miss Kitty, at the launch of the Rainforest Seafoods Festival on February 11, at Rainforest’s Slipe Road offices in Kingston.

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Agriculture Ministry Mulls Drones to Combat Poaching

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is looking into the use of drones to man the country’s fisheries resources, to combat illegal fishing by foreign poachers. “We are now in the process of looking at drones to deal with policing our fish resources, because we are losing millions of dollars each year to foreign poachers when those catches should be...