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Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, has called for the countries of the Americas to pay keen attention to food security, and encourage investments in the region's agricultural sector. "Today, after years of increases in food prices and now with the global economy still struggling to emerge from recession and the countries of the...

Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, has noted that agriculture is critical for reducing poverty in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and for national development. Speaking at the 5th Hemispheric Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas and the 15th Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, at...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says a paradigm shift is needed by all countries to boost food production. The Minister was speaking at the opening of the 5th Hemispheric meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas and the 15th regular meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture at the Ritz Carlton in Montego Bay on October 27....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that economic growth in rural communities was going to have to come from agriculture. Mr. Golding said tourism, mining nor other similar investments, will never ever have the penetration of agriculture to provide a real base for generating economic growth in rural communities. Mr. Golding was speaking last night (Oct 27) at...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says that from a macro- economic standpoint, the survival of countries like Jamaica demands a new strategic focus on agriculture. Mr. Golding was speaking last night at the opening of the 5th Hemispheric Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas and the 15th regular meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture. The week-long...

The week-long 5th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, in Montego Bay St. James, is already reaping success with delegates hammering out a draft agro plan to be debated by the Ministers from 34 hemispheric countries on Wednesday. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, told JIS News Tuesday...

Regional Governments have a political responsibility to manage trade policies judiciously, so as to build capacity in agriculture and give local farmers a chance to survive. This was the word from Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, as he addressed a private sector forum on 'Promoting Agri-business within the Americas' today (Oct. 27) at the Holiday Inn...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, today (Oct. 26) appealed to agricultural technocrats within the Americas to come up with concrete action plans to increase productivity in the region. He was addressing the opening of the meeting of the Hemispheric Group for the Implementation and Co-ordination of the Agreements on Agriculture and Rural Life of the Summits (of Americas)...

Ground has been broken at the site of the post harvest packing house facility being established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth. The facility, which is part of the Improving Jamaica Agricultural Productivity (IJAP) project, is one of two that will facilitate post harvest crops in cluster locations. In giving an overview of the IJAP...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that praedial larceny is among a number of issues affecting farmers, which his Ministry will be addressing soon. He made the disclosure during an interview with the media, at Woodstock Farm, Westmoreland, on Friday (October 23), following a tour of several farms in the parish. Dr. Tufton confirmed that foremost...

Domestic food crop production in Westmoreland is up fifty percent for the July-September 2009 quarter, when compared with the similar period in 2008. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has attributed the increased production in the parish to a number of factors, including: favourable weather conditions; deliberate production and productivity programmes pursued by the Ministry; and the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has outlined a number of steps to improve food packaging and reduce post harvest loss to farmers. "We have established a range of post harvest infrastructure across the country. This one, at Hounslow, being the most ambitious of the packing houses," he said. Dr Tufton was speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony...