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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...

The Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MoA&F)is to host another series of Farmers’ Market in six (6) parishes across the country this Friday, March 4, 2011 at the following locations: MoA&F football field - St. Andrew; Trinity AIBGA - St. Mary; RADA Mandeville office – Manchester; RADA Parish office - St. James; Portmore HEART Academy - St. Catherine; and Folly...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has appealed for increased investments in the agricultural sector, citing significant opportunities from growing local produce. Speaking at Tuesday’s (March 1) launch of the “Eat Jamaican’ Campaign at the Coronation Market, downtown Kingston, Dr, Tufton said that, based on the sector’s performance, it was an opportune time for investors to get...

The Portland parish office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) staged its third annual open day on Wednesday (February 23) at the Folly Oval in Port Antonio. The event, which was held to sensitise farmers and the general public about the work of the agency and its support partners, featured displays of crops and value-added produce, farming goods and...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has disclosed that the Government is seeking to divest Nutrition Products Limited (NPL), as it seeks to make the state-owned company more efficient in meeting the nutrition needs of students. “It is not the intention of the Ministry to continue much longer with Nutrition Products Limited…it was always the intention that that operation be...

Approximately 561 former sugar workers in Trelawny were presented with grant funding certificates, under the Government of Jamaica/European Union (EU) displaced sugar workers Economic Mitigation Programme on Wednesday February 23. The list included 135 workers recently laid off by existing private sector managers of the production facilities within the parish. The assistance programme is being funded by the EU, through...

The Ministry of Agriculture, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has provided assistance to more than 100 farmers in St. Elizabeth, who had their crops destroyed by Tropical Storm Nicole in September last year. Speaking at a handing over ceremony in New Market, on February 22, Chief Executive Officer of RADA, Al Powell, explained that the Minister of Agriculture...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that although the state-owned sugar estates did not make a profit for the 2008/09 crop season the Government had not made any additional expenditure, and therefore had not suffered a loss. "The Government has not spent any additional sums, coming from a point where they spent $5 billion to subsidise...