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PORT ANTONIO – The successful staging of the farmers' markets in St. Mary by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), continued with the staging of another such event at the Trinity Boxing Plant in Port Maria, on Friday, March 18. The market, which began at 6:30 a.m., had the participation of 25 farmers from St. Mary and St. Ann, and...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is reporting success in reducing the glut currently plaguing the island's farmers through the recent staging of six Farmers' Markets in Portmore, Kingston, Port Maria, Mandeville, Portland and Montego Bay. Data from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, (RADA) shows that 318,150 pounds of produce were sold resulting in earnings in excess of $17m, approximately...

LONDON – The potential for investment in Tourism and Agriculture was one of the focuses of the third annual Jamaica/United Kingdom (UK) Investment Forum, which was held in London on March 17. This year the Forum looked at a number of the Government’s priority areas for international investment, including Tourism, Agriculture and Agro-processing, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), the International...

KINGSTON – Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Project, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has informed that Cabinet has approved the recommendations of the Sugar Industry Commission of Enquiry. The Commission looked into and reported on the relevance of the current institutional, regulatory and pricing arrangements in the sugar industry. Speaking on March 16 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House,...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Jamaica Wells and Services Company to develop a production well that will serve 376 farmers on 400 hectares of land in Manchester. The well will be constructed at the New Forest/Duff House Irrigation System in St. Elizabeth under the National Irrigation Development Programme for a value of $32,522,432.89. Minister with responsibility...

KINGSTON; Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries & the Rural Agricultural Development Authority wish to advise the public that it will be staging two more farmers’ market on March 18 and on April 1. This as the Ministry continues to mop up excess supply of several crops and following the public’s show of support and success of the most...

KINGSTON - Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry says the  aquaculture sub-sector can be beneficial for Jamaica, if it is adequately sustained, and made competitive. Speaking at the opening of the first regional aquaculture development planning workshop at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kingston, yesterday March 14, Mr. Stanberry cited the increased demand for fresh...

PORT ANTONIO - Residents from various communities in St. Mary turned out for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) farmers' market held last Friday March 4 at the Trinity Boxing Plant in Port Maria. The market was the third such event organised by the St. Mary Office of RADA since the start of the year, as part of the national...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, is calling for closer collaboration between the  Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Ministry in the staging of shows islandwide.      "The overwhelming features of these shows must be what our farmers have done, put them on display and everything and everyone that aid their efforts - the input suppliers and others...

Islandwide inspection of  bee hives are to begin in the next two weeks to determine the extent of the incidence of the American Foul Brood Disease (AFB), as part of Government’s efforts to eradicate the disease. Expected to last for six months, this exercise is being undertaken by the Apiculture Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and forms...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is delighted to report that its recent farmers’ market held (Friday, March 4, 2011) in six selected parishes was an absolute success. The markets which were staged in Kingston, St. James, St. Mary, St. Catherine, Manchester and Portland earned farmers $12.5 million dollars for the day, one million dollars more than the previous markets...

KINGSTON – Jamaica recorded a one per cent decrease in its food import bill for 2010, which stood at US$661 million, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said. This figure, he said, was seven per cent lower than 2008, and is an indication that the country is moving in the right direction in terms “depending more on...