The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through its Apiculture Unit, has announced a $5-million support package for beekeepers affected by Hurricane Beryl. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, who made disclosure, noted that the funds will be used to provide essential inputs like sugar, as well as help to restore colonies and equipment for beekeepers who suffered losses. “I say...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will be embarking on a crop restoration and expansion programme for coffee and cocoa farmers. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, provided an update on the programme during the International Coffee and National Cocoa Day celebrations at Emancipation Park in St. Andrew, on October 1. “It means, we are going to be working with...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will be conducting a study to help local coffee farmers determine a fair market price for their crop. Speaking recently at the handover of fertilisers and herbicides to coffee farmers in the Buff Bay Valley area of Portland, portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said that although the Government is not responsible for setting...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says that a long-term approach to dealing with coffee farm roads must be taken, to propel the nation’s coffee farmers by granting easier access to their farms. “What I have said to the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) team [is that] we have to take the coffee road programme out...

Jamaican women in coffee farming are being hailed for their resilience, with the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) signalling its intention to craft a programme of support. Speaking recently at the handover of fertilisers and herbicides to coffee farmers in the Buff Bay Valley area of Portland following Hurricane Beryl, Acting Director General of JACRA, Wayne Hunter, said that...

Local farmers are being encouraged to form organisations and band together in order to strengthen their practices and, by extension, the agricultural industry. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, made the call while speaking during the recent handover of fertilisers and herbicides to coffee farmers in Portland who were affected by Hurricane Beryl. Noting that, “there is...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is providing more than $38 million to assist livestock, dairy and bee farmers in their recovery from the impact of Hurricane Beryl. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure while providing an update on the ongoing Hurricane Beryl Recovery Programme during Tuesday’s (September 24) sitting of the House of Representatives He said...