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Raymond Sukarloo was elated to hear that the Ministry of Agriculture was assisting farmers islandwide to set up pepper nurseries. He had been waiting for such an opportunity. "For years I have been longing to have a nursery and the Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP), came along and put up a structure and has been monitoring it," he tells JIS...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, has disclosed that there have been requests from American companies for 5,000 Jamaicans to be employed on farms in the overseas employment programme. "We are very fortunate. Up to the middle of August last year, we have had requests from American employers for 5,000 Jamaicans. We sent off 200 last week and...

Business related information and support will be more accessible to Portlanders, with the opening of the Jamaica Exporters Association/Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (JEA/RADA) Export Centre and Business Information Point, in Port Antonio, on Thursday(March 5). The centre, co-founded by the Government of Jamaica and the European Union(EU), is a component of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP). It is located...

The Montego Bay High School 4-H Club, in St. James, was crowned champion and awarded the parish's 4-H Clubs Championship Trophy, after dominating most of the competitive events, at the annual Achievement Day activities, held at the Irwin Primary School, on March 3. Competing against some 54 other educational institutions, the school also walked away with a brand new Singer...

Clubbite of the Year for 2002, Tyrone Thomas, has outlined four strategies young persons should employ, in order to respond positively to Jamaica's food security. He emphasised that they must recognise and accept roles they have to play in food production; become more environmentally aware; change the negative perception about agriculture; and treat agriculture as a viable business. Mr. Thomas...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has said that, through the movement, youths are being exposed to sustainable ways of making a living. "So many of our youngsters have been told some fancy ways to make a living, but those ways are not sustainable. We are bringing to you a sustainable way to make a living and...

Extension services offered by the Rural Agriculture Development Authority (RADA) office in Manchester, has been boosted with additional officers providing agricultural services in the field. The disclosure was made by RADA representative, Winston Miller, at the Manchester 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day on Thursday (March 5) at the Kirkvine Sports Club in Manchester. "Currently, we have eight extension officers and...

The St. James 4-H Club staged its annual Parish Achievement Day Thursday(March 5), with clubbities and leaders across the parish coming out in their numbers to display their skills and win attractive prizes. The event, held at the Irwin Primary School under the theme: 'Youth response to food security,' included displays in agro processing, project work, recycling, floral arrangement, culinary...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has emphasised that the sector has the greatest multiplier impact, and is the most effective short-term economic response to the immediate challenges facing the country. "In a sense, agriculture could be described as a social stabilising factor, because of the short term response that is possible. It represents a stabilising force that allows an...

In a bid to herald and energise a new approach to agriculture, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says a new investment driven approach must be taken to the industry and that it must be looked at as a business to create wealth, not as something to help out rural poor people. In the creation of this new thinking, Mr. Golding says...

As the sugar harvest season gets underway, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has repeated government's commitment to completely withdraw from financing the loss-making enterprises and to secure investors for the land, factories and other state owned sugar assets. Mr. Golding was responding to an email during the March 4 edition of Jamaica House Live radio programme last night . "I made...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the fertiliser imported from the United States, was safe for use on crops, including leafy vegetables. "This particular organic base fertiliser imported into Jamaica has been tested by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is certified to be of exceptional quality and to be free of pathogen, and safe...