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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers remarks during a handover ceremony at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Tuesday (September 24), during which the Jamaica Agricultural Chemical Association (JACA) donated $9 million in agricultural inputs to assist with the recovery effort for farmers affected by Hurricane Beryl
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers remarks during a handover ceremony at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Tuesday (September 24), during which the Jamaica Agricultural Chemical Association (JACA) donated $9 million in agricultural inputs to assist with the recovery effort for farmers affected by Hurricane Beryl

Agriculture Ministry Gets $9m Hurricane Beryl Relief Donation from JACA

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, on Tuesday (September 24), got a welcome donation of agricultural supplies valued $9 million to assist farmers impacted during Hurricane Beryl’s passage in July. The supplies, inclusive of seeds, fertilisers, protective equipment, drip...
Manager of the Marketing Services Unit at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Janine Fletcher-Taylor.
Manager of the Marketing Services Unit at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Janine Fletcher-Taylor.

JBDC Calls on Farmers to Supply More Hot Peppers to Manufacturers
Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Senator the Hon Aubyn Hill (left), shakes hands with Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Velton Gooden, at the BSJ Starch Stakeholders’ Symposium on September 19 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, St. Andrew.
Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Senator the Hon Aubyn Hill (left), shakes hands with Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Velton Gooden, at the BSJ Starch Stakeholders’ Symposium on September 19 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, St. Andrew.

Industry Minister Promoting Investment in Starches
Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), listens to a point from Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Omar Sweeney, during a tour of booths at the Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ (JIE’s) Engineers Week Conference on Tuesday (September 17) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Sharing in the conversation are Chairman of Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB), Glaister Ricketts (second right); and President of the JIE, Oneil Josephs.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), listens to a point from Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Omar Sweeney, during a tour of booths at the Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ (JIE’s) Engineers Week Conference on Tuesday (September 17) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Sharing in the conversation are Chairman of Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB), Glaister Ricketts (second right); and President of the JIE, Oneil Josephs.

Agriculture Minister Calls for Greater Collaboration with Engineers to Boost Food Security
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers the keynote address during a handover ceremony for input supplies to Buff Bay Valley coffee farmers at the Bangor Ridge Church of God of Prophecy on September 11.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers the keynote address during a handover ceremony for input supplies to Buff Bay Valley coffee farmers at the Bangor Ridge Church of God of Prophecy on September 11.

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Participants in one of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Digital Services Portfolio (DSP) Workshops.
Agriculture

FAO Pilots Online Project to Assist Farmers

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is piloting a Digital Services Portfolio (DSP), which has been introduced to 42 farmers from Mile Gully in Manchester, via two workshops. The aim of the project in Mile Gully, the extension area selected for the project, is to improve the digitalisation of agricultural services in rural areas. The DSP...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a media briefing at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens complex, recently.
Agriculture

Farm Roads Being Rehabilitated

Fifty-one farm roads across all parishes that were affected by Hurricane Beryl are being rehabilitated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, at a cost of $70 million. Speaking at a media briefing at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices recently, portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said, “We do know that Hurricane Beryl caused damage to a number of farm...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter (centre), examines a package of coconut flour that was on display at the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) complex in Kingston on Saturday (August 31). The occasion was an event in celebration of World Coconut Day. With him (from left) are Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke Harris, and CIB General Manager, Shaun Cameron.
Agriculture

PHOTOS: State Minister Witter Attends Event Celebrating World Coconut Day

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter (centre), examines a package of coconut flour that was on display at the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) complex in Kingston on Saturday (August 31). The occasion was an event in celebration of World Coconut Day. With him (from left) are Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, presents a cash voucher to fisher, Lillian Brown, during the National Fisheries Authority’s (NFA) post- Hurricane Beryl relief programme in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, on Friday (August 30). Fisherfolk sustaining losses during the hurricane’s passage on July 3, received cash vouchers.
Agriculture

NFA Distributes Post-Hurricane Relief Cash Vouchers to Fisherfolk in Whitehouse, Westmoreland

In a bid to further support fisherfolk who were impacted during Hurricane Beryl’s passage on July 3, the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), on Friday (August 30), distributed cash vouchers to those based in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, who suffered losses. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, participated in Friday’s exercise, which saw approximately 109 fishermen and women receiving vouchers....
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General Manager of the Banana Board, Mrs. Janet Conie, says a shortage of Banana and Plantain can be expected in the coming months.
Agriculture

Banana Board Urges Farmers Not to Accept Planting Material Sourced Overseas

The Banana Board is urging farmers across the island not to accept plant material known to be sourced overseas. This, in light of the deadly Tropical Race Four (TR4) Disease, which can wipe out Jamaica’s entire banana and plantain cultivations, reportedly surfacing in at least one country. Against this background, the Board is encouraging farmers to be vigilant. General Manager,...
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