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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that if agriculture is to progress in Jamaica, the government will have to revisit the issue of land use. He noted that Jamaica has approximately 1.1 million hectares of land, and of that amount some 388,000 hectares are considered arable. Less than 50 per cent of the arable lands is...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has assured the Greenwich Town fishing community in Kingston that steps are being taken to assist them in restoring their livelihood. A little over a month ago (September 11) close to 300 tonnes of Sulphuric Acid were accidentally released into the sea in the vicinity of Berth One, Port Bustamante, which...

Caribbean Food Delight's patties and Levi Roots' 'Reggae Reggae Jerk Sauce' have been shortlisted in the best new food category of the inaugural World Food Awards. Caribbean Food Delights is owned by Jamaican-born Vincent HoSang. The company produces a range of patties from its New York headquarters, which are distributed in the United Kingdom (UK) by Caribbean Savouries Limited. Chief...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Elizabeth and State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has projected that Maggotty's new sausage factory will be of tremendous benefit to agricultural producers in the area. "The factory will employ a number of persons in the area and, on top of that, it is going to provide an outlet for meat products,...

Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing World Food Day on Friday (October 16), under the theme: Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis." Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, will be journeying to the Garvey Maceo High School, Vernamfield, Clarendon to share in the day's activities, with students and teachers. World Food Day...

Government will shortly be introducing a new policy framework to more efficiently regulate the country's fishing industry and protect marine resources. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure at a ceremony at Beaches Bascobel Resort and Spa, St. Mary, on Friday (October 9), to announce the establishment of two marine sanctuaries at the location by...

Parish Manager for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Manchester Office, Donald Robinson has expressed his organisation's willingness to assist with training 4-H Club clubbites in the parish. Mr. Robinson gave the commitment recently, at the Annual General Meeting of the Manchester 4-H Clubs Parish Advisory Council, held at the RADA Conference Room in Mandeville. "I am willing to be...

Agricultural production in the parish of Hanover is showing a 14 per cent increase for the July to September quarter, when compared with the corresponding period for 2008. Delivering a report at the monthly meeting of the Hanover Parish Council on Thursday (October 8), Parish Manager for the Hanover Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Audley Bailey, said...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon Audley Shaw, met Thursday (October 8) with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, in Madrid, where he encouraged increased IDB support to Jamaica, particularly in the areas of agriculture and energy, in addition to policy based loans. His call came in the context of the 98th Meeting of the...

Deputy President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), Lisa Bell, has stressed the importance of significant investments in agriculture, particularly export-driven, if the sector is to contribute meaningfully to advancing Jamaica's economic development. As part of the thrust, she said, focus must be placed on non-traditional products in light of the erosion of preferential markets in Europe for traditional export...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has stressed the need for more collaboration between parish development committees and bodies undertaking national development plans. Delivering the keynote address, recently, at the 7th National Tree Planting ceremony at the Black River Municipal Park, St. Elizabeth, the Minister noted that without synergies between groups doing development, much of their effort...

Jamaicans can look forward to consuming tasty pastries made from yam, a popular tuber of the Cockpit country, in the parish of Trelawny. Encouraged by the claim of world sprinter, Usain Bolt's father, that yam and other foods grown in the Cockpit country had contributed much to Usain's performance, several residents in the area have been trying to create and...