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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...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called for persons to ensure that their activities don't affect the environment, and endanger the wellbeing of the nation. "We need to appreciate that what we do, as part of our everyday lifestyle, can impact on the quality of our lives," he told the 7th Annual National Tree Planting Day...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has emphasised that more investments in agricultural development could ensure food security, as well as drive economic success in the hemisphere. Addressing a food security conference, sponsored jointly by the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation in Agriculture (IICA) and the Organisation of American States (OAS), at the Hall of the Americas,...

The eight fish sanctuaries, which are being established by the Government to protect and develop the country's fishing industry, should be in place by March 2010, said Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton. He said the law governing the establishment of the sanctuaries is to be gazetted and recorded and "once that is done (we) will be...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has urged persons in the fishing industry to ensure that their activities contribute to the sector's sustainability. Addressing the launch of the 13th South Coast Fishing Tournament, at the Sunset Resort Villa, in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, on September 25, the Minister pointed out that the sector provides a living for...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, met fishermen and vendors in Black River, St. Elizabeth, on Saturday (September 26) and assured them that, after the first quarter of 2010-2011, facilities at the fishing beach and market will be upgraded. "By the middle of next year, you are going to be selling your fish in fine style," Dr....

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has assisted more than 20 agro-investors to secure loans, valued at approximately $78.7 million, to start their businesses since March. Following the successful staging of its Agro Invest Expo, the Ministry received over 800 expressions of interest from potential investors in the sector. Director of Agricultural Support Services (ASSP), Hershell Brown, said that the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says the effort to privatise the sugar industry will be part of redefining the role played by government in serving the needs of the people. "Government cannot fix roads, maintain hospitals, manage schools, look after poor people in infirmaries and still be in the business of producing sugar. It doesn't make any sense...every pound...