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Twenty farmers from Seven Rivers in St. James are benefitting from a $3 million project, which is aimed at strengthening production standards and post-harvesting techniques and improving marketing opportunities. The project is being implemented as a pilot by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), through funding by the United Kingdom-based humanitarian organisation, OxFam. President of the JAS, Senator Norman Grant, speaking...

The 2009 Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show, staged annually at the Montpelier showground, in St. James, is scheduled for Easter Monday (April 13). The show, staged annually by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS)/ St James Association of Branch Societies, will be held under the theme "Agriculture to the world." Speaking at the launch at the St. James RADA office, President...

Residents of Clarendon are to benefit from the establishment of an Export Centre and Business Information Point office, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) base on the Denbigh Show Grounds, May Pen. According to General Manager of the Centre, Ms. Jean Smith, the facility will allow persons outside of Kingston, to readily access vital information on business generally, and...

A programme specifically designed to attract young people to agriculture, is to be implemented by the Government, shortly. The Young Farmers Programme will involve young persons, aged 18-35 years, and will provide them with the necessary resources to become successful farmers. Making the disclosure at a young farmers forum at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), during a...

More than 30 persons drawn from several communities in Eastern St. Thomas, attended a two-day beekeeping workshop on March 17 and 18, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) parish office, in Morant Bay. The workshop, organised by the Social Development Commission (SDC), in collaboration with RADA, was staged to assist residents who were recently displaced, due to the decline...

About 40 farmers in the Buff Bay Valley area of Portland are to benefit from a $35.6 million agro-tourism project, which is intended to re-energize farming and create sustainable livelihoods for residents of the community and its environs. Under the project, which is being funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), European Union (EU),...

The extension service provided by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has been boosted with the addition of 40 extension officers over the past two weeks. Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, speaking at the National Accountability Seminar held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on March 16, said that the increase in numbers has "put RADA in a...

Farmers of St. Mary were sensitised about the viability of agro processing, and the benefits of the sub-sector in increasing the value of farm produce, at a fair held recently at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria. Held under the theme: 'Linking Agriculture with Industry', the event was sponsored by the St. Mary Parish Development Committee (PDC) in association...

The fertiliser which was imported last year by the Government, to ease the financial burden on farmers, has been given a clean bill of health. Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Karl Samuda, told a press conference at the Ministry, in Kingston, today (March 18), that this is the result of conclusive tests carried out by the Bureau of Standards...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that his Ministry is collaborating with the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) on a study to determine the real contribution of the sector to the economy. Dr. Tufton said that the contribution of the sector to the economy is greatly underrated, because it accounts for just less than six per...

On Friday, March 20, jerk lovers will gather in Ocho Rios for the first Jamaica Jerk Challenge. The event will feature self-taught Jamaican executive chef, Cheryl Smith of Cheryl's Global Soul, Brooklyn, New York, and UK celebrity chef, Antony Worrall Thompson, taking on some of the world's leading jerk chefs in an exclusive cook-off. Other invitees include, Jamaican, Rupert Bourne...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has commended members of the various clubs in Trelawny, for the high quality displays at the annual Parish Achievement Day, held recently at the Albert Town High School. He said that the event, held under the theme: 'Youth responding to food security' was one of the best and "it challenges any...