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KINGSTON — Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, says he has embarked on building a coalition of small and large players in the agricultural sector to ensure that farming gets the attention it needs to keep it buoyant. “Agriculture is in good hands, I have started a series of consultations with stakeholders, I have called in...

KINGSTON — The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), launched its own brand of compost on July 31, at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show,  in May Pen,  Clarendon. Addressing the launch, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, said the new product is one of the innovations of the NSWMA, and forms part of the re-organisation of...

KINGSTON — The Government will be providing low-interest financing to farmers for the production of Irish potato and onions, aimed at saving the country some $3 billion in annual imports for the crops. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, who made the announcement at the opening of the three-day Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon yesterday...

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...