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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will this year partner with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on a set of initiatives to support the Ministry's focus on food and food security. Director of Information and Training at ODPEM, Delmares White, made the disclosure while speaking at a JIS Think Tank in Kingston on Wednesday, May 12,...

St. Catherine High School has successfully defended its National Secondary Schools' Food and Nutrition Quiz title, topping six other schools to cop the national trophy and cash prize of $50,000, at the finals held recently at the Caenwood Centre on Arnold Road, Kingston. Team member, Tashane Hinds, who was adjudged the individual champion student of the finals, was awarded a...

Jamaica has proposed a special project to the Haitian administration, which aims to assist in resuscitating that nation's agricultural sector from the effects of the 7.0 earthquake, which devastated that country on January 12. Speaking at Thursday's (May 6) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, told journalists that...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, is lauding the work of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. In his address at the clubs' National Achievement Day Expo held on April 30 at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in Clarendon, the Minister stated that the organisation has been a guiding light for the...

Fifty farm workers are to leave the island Tuesday (May 4) for Washington D.C., having received a charge from the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, that they pave the way for more Jamaicans to begin going to that city for work. The 50 men are part of a group of 300 that will be dispatched to...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, has said that an initiative to attract younger players to the agricultural sector, Young Farmers Project (YFP), is taking shape. He said that the project, aimed at youths aged 18-35, will generate employment among the target groups, especially those in rural communities. "It will provide commodities, inclusive...

Converting 'waste to profit' is a concept that the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) incorporates into many of its projects. Through these ground-breaking undertakings, mainly non-traditional raw materials, some of which are usually considered refuse, are used to create useful, unique items. One such initiative is the banana paper-making project, which involves making stationery and other products from the trunk...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, is working closely with the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, to maximise the use of equipment at Jamaica Exotic Flavours and Essences, in Bull Savannah, St. Elizabeth. After a tour of the factory on April 27, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton told JIS News that the Government has a substantial...

Over 400 residents of Kensington, St. James, and surrounding districts, are to benefit from major renovation and improvement work on the Kensington Community Centre and Basic School, under the Rural Economic and Social Infrastructure Support project for Jamaica's traditional banana growing areas. The project is being funded by the European Union's (EU) Special Framework of Assistance project, through its EU...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton and head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzochi Alemani, toured sections of Portland on Wednesday (April 28) to view EU-funded fishing and agro-tourism projects. Among the projects they viewed were: the new Buff Bay Fishing facility; a number of agro tourism destinations in the Buff Bay Valley area;...

Despite the impact of the prolonged drought, Jamaica's agricultural sector recorded a 3.1 per cent increase in gross production in the first quarter of 2010 (January to March), according to Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton. While the figure was significantly lower than the 33.5 per cent recorded during October to December 2009, the Minister pointed out that...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is to embark on a new phase of the drive against praedial larceny, aimed at safeguarding Jamaica's lobster population, to ensure its long term sustainability Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr. Marc Panton, has explained that the thrust is underpinned by revisions to the Fisheries Act, as regard fishing for lobster, particularly where...