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KINGSTON — The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) plans to engage at least three Government ministries and agencies in dialogue, to increase the use of locally produced foods in schools. Chairman of the Denbigh Planning Committee and First Vice President of the JAS, Senator Norman Grant, made the disclosure at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (July 26), while giving an...

KINGSTON — A number of dignitaries from the region are expected in the island for the 59th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural & Industrial Show, which will be held this weekend at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. Deputy Premier and Minister for District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture in the Cayman Island, Hon. Juliana O'Connor-Connolly; President of the Cayman Island...

KINGSTON — First Vice President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and Chairman of the Denbigh Planning Committee, Senator Norman Grant, says the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show is one of the largest exhibition of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. "When you critically analyze the extent to which it has built up over the last nine years, it...

MANDEVILLE — The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) will be seeking to increase its revenues, with the help of a consultant to be paid by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Making the announcement at Wednesday’s (July 13) 116th Annual General Meeting of the society at the Denbigh Showground, Clarendon, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, said the initiative...

MANDEVILLE — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, has said that there is to be an urgent restructuring of the Coffee Industry Board, and new management strategies to ensure that farmers get the best price per box of the bean. “There are two critical strategies for the coffee industry, the first is diversification of the market, and the...

MANDEVILLE — Preliminary figures are showing a 33 per cent increase in domestic crop production for the April to June quarter. This is a continuation of the growth trend from the January to March quarter, where some 147,378 tonnes of food crops were produced, representing a 24.4 per cent increase over the corresponding period for 2010. The figure, which was...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding said that the government was making strides to transform the agriculture sector to ensure that it becomes an exciting one. He was marking the opening of the J$45 million post harvest and packaging facility at the Hounslow St. Elizabeth property of the Ministry of Agriculture. The plant was constructed under the Improving Jamaica's Agricultural Productivity...

KINGSTON — Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Hon Robert Montague, says that a focus of the Caribbean 4-H Food Festival, scheduled for Kingston in late July, will be the generation of value added products from excess agricultural production. “We need to move from primary production to secondary production. We need to move to processing, so that the farmers’ income and...

KINGSTON — Programme Manager for the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency, Alfred Barrett is assuring that while the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has closed all citrus nurseries, as a result of the greening disease, the industry itself is not out of business. Mr. Barrett was addressing yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, where he outlined the rationale for closing...

PORT ANTONIO — Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has called on farmers in St. Mary to revive the production of traditional crops, even as they continue their efforts to achieve diversification with others. Giving the keynote address at the annual general meeting of the St. Mary branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) in Highgate, last...

MONTEGO BAY — Former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, presented over 40 employees of Frome Sugar Estate, Westmoreland, with lease agreements on Friday July 1, 2011. The lease agreements, handed out at the factory, are part of Government’s objective to assist displaced sugar workers and their dependents who qualify under the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings...

PORT ANTONIO — Approximately four tons of fresh farm produce were sold in St. Mary during the latest round of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA)-sponsored farmers markets held on Wednesday June 29. A total of 10 farmers brought their goods to the market, which was held at the Trinity Boxing Plant in Port Maria. Vegetables were the produce of...