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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the production of sorghum in Jamaica augurs well for the future of the agriculture industry. He said that large scale cultivation of the crop will boost the livestock industry and also assist in reducing the sector’s almost $2 billion per year import bill. “We want to see how much of a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says Clarendon has the greatest potential to serve as a catalyst for the expansion of Jamaica’s sugar cane sub-sector, particularly among small farmers. Addressing Wednesday’s, February 6, contract signing and ground-breaking ceremony for the Springfield Sugar Barracks Relocation Project in the parish, the Prime Minister pointed out that Clarendon has over 2,000...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, has lauded Jamaica Beverages Limited (JBL) for the purchase of the Jamaica Citrus Growers Limited’s Bog Walk plant, noting that this acquisition will undoubtedly prove beneficial to the island’s citrus industry. “This acquisition was done in the interest of all concerned...this is a new relationship that is going to exist between the...

Ten farmers from four parishes across the island have benefited from contracts valued at $3.4 million to supply hot peppers to Grace Agro Processors. They hail from the parishes of Clarendon, St. Mary, St. Elizabeth and St. Catherine and form the most recent batch of farmers to profit from the ongoing initiative by GraceKennedy for the supply of the commodity...

Approximately 1,000 plantain and banana farmers are set to benefit from the provision of fertilizer and insecticide, under the European Union Banana Support Programme (EUBSP), valued at $13.5 million. The official handing over ceremony for the funds was held on January 30 at the Banana Boxing Plant, in Trinity, St. Mary. Addressing the function, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon....

Some 65 farmers from the parishes of Clarendon and St. Mary were presented with certificates on January 29, following their completion of the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja. REEACH) Cocoa Farmer Field School (FSS). The cocoa farmers - 16 from Bellefield in St. Mary and 49 from Brandon Hill, Wood Hall, and Park Hall in...

When the old Lyssons pavilion in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, is restored to its former glory, as planned, residents of eastern St. Thomas will have a brand new multi-purpose hard court equipped for basketball, volleyball and football. It is one of 14 facilities within the sugar growing areas islandwide that will be upgraded to enhance the physical and social well-being...

Some 486 residents of sugar barracks in Golden Grove and its environs in St. Thomas are to benefit from 225 housing solutions at Hampton Court and Stokes Hall, in the parish. The initiative, which is expected to cost $305.8 million, is being undertaken through the Government’s Sugar Estates Barracks Relocation Programme. Contracts for the construction project were signed during a...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the recovery of the agricultural sector must be based on a return to traditional crops. Addressing the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s 8th regional capital markets conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday (January 23), Mr. Clarke said that there should be more focus on exporting crops that have proven to be successful on...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has provided assistance to 6,000 farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the island on October 24 last year. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on January 22. He was responding to questions posed by Opposition Spokesperson on...

The Sugar Transformation Unit (STU) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries resettlement project is set to benefit some 876 sugar workers and their relatives who have been living in Old Sugar Barracks located in Sugar Dependents Areas of Westmoreland, Trelawny, Clarendon, and St. Thomas. The project is an undertaking of the Unit with support from the European Union (EU)...

Two new pesticides have been introduced to the market, giving farmers increased options in safeguarding their crops, while maximising yields. The products - Revus and Engeo - were officially launched by AgroGrace Jamaica in collaboration with Syngenta during a ceremony on Tuesday (January 15) at the AgroGrace premises on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The pesticides are ideally suited for...