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The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is participating in a major initiative to eliminate obsolete pesticides from Jamaica and promote safety islandwide. Speaking with JIS News, Registrar at the PCA, Michael Ramsay said that the initiative is funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, and is aimed at getting rid of unwanted pesticides from Jamaica and...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that critical issues relating to trade policies, to which Jamaica is a party, need to be addressed. He added that this would require the involvement of a range of stakeholders, including the Ministries of Agriculture, Industry, Investment and Commerce, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, as well as the other critical...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Clarendon-based Ebony Park Academy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Wednesday (September 15), expected to boost output in the livestock industry and train farming contributors. Speaking at the signing at the Academy, Toll Gate, Clarendon, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the collaboration will benefit small and...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady is calling on the "brightest and best" young Jamaicans to consider a career in seafaring. The MAJ Director General, who is chair of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) committee responsible for the training and certification of seafarers, said that there is a global shortage of approximately 30,000...

Work to effect repairs on some 10 kilometres of roadway, linking the farming communities of Riversdale, Pear Tree Grove, Top Mountain and their environs in North East St. Catherine, is slated to commence next month under the Government's multi-billion Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), Member of Parliament, Gregory Mair, has disclosed. JDIP is a US$400 million ($36 billion) project, being...

The official cause of death of the two Jamaican farm workers in Canada should be known on September 15, when the coroner releases the autopsy report. Autopsies on both bodies were done yesterday (September 13), and the bodies released to the Jamaica Liaison Service. Ralston Whyte from Pike, Manchester, who was 36 years old and 44-year-old Paul Roach from the...

About 100 farmers in the communities of Top Mountain, Guys Hill and their environs in North East St. Catherine, are to benefit from a $47 million European Union (EU) funded banana rehabilitation agricultural project, Member of Parliament, Gregory Mair, has disclosed. The project, which he says is a partnership, is expected to help farmers previously engaged in banana cultivation, as...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says he is encouraged by the progress made by farmers participating in the Top Mountain Protected Agriculture project in North East St. Catherine. His comment followed visits to the project sites on Thursday (September 9), accompanied Member of Parliament, Gregory Mair, and other Ministry officials and technocrats, to view the work which has...

Farmers in the Hounslow area of St. Elizabeth, are to benefit from an 8,800 square foot post-harvest and packaging facility, with the signing of a lease agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and GraceKennedy Limited, today (September 9). The private sector conglomerate will operate the $49 million Hounslow packaging house, which was constructed under the Improving Jamaica's Agricultural...

Seven ornamental fish farmers in August Town, St. Andrew, were today (September 8), presented with farm systems to start their businesses. Ornamental fish farmers, Rowe Archibald (right) and Rohan Miles (centre) converse with Regional Manager, Hardware and Lumber, Dean Clarke during the handing over of ornamental fish systems to residents of August Town at the home of one of the...

'Ackee and Saltfish' was the theme for the 'Jamaican Twist' band, at this year's Notting Hill Carnival in London, United Kingdom (UK) last week-end. The carnival band, which was once again sponsored by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), had costumed performers illustrating Jamaica's national dish. The 'carnival king' wore a spectacular saltfish costume in shimmering blue, surrounded by dozens of...

In 1953, the first three barrels of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee were shipped to Japan, and so began a long relationship which led to nearly 100 percent, or approximately 400,000 boxes, of Jamaica's premium coffee being exported to Japan, annually. In 2004, Jamaican coffee farms took a beating from Hurricane Ivan, causing a significant decrease in production. This resulted in...