St. Thomas farmers who suffered loss or damage from recent heavy rains are receiving essential inputs and supplies through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Office. Acting Parish Manager, Errard Stephenson, said that in recent weeks, the entity has distributed more than 589 bags of Irish potato seedlings to farmers in all six extension areas. “Over 100 farmers have...

Farmers are being strongly encouraged to get to know and utilise the relevant Extension Officers assigned to their Divisions by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to better their operations and to receive support. The call comes from RADA Senior Agronomist, Locksley Waites, who was addressing farmers at a recent Stakeholder Engagement Session in Old Harbour, in St. Catherine. “Colleagues,...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will be partnering with the private sector to get more farmers insured. “Part of what we are doing in partnering with the private sector is to ensure that in times of drought [or] flood, you don’t have to look to the Government to provide that response; you can...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says work is “moving apace” on the Essex Valley Agricultural Development Project (EVADP), which will expand the irrigation and farm road network in sections of Manchester and St. Elizabeth. He was speaking at Thursday’s (January 11) stakeholder engagement under the New FACE of Food programme, held at the Kendal Conference Centre...

 

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left), and Principal Director for Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Collin Henry, look at a fishpond in Bushy Park, St. Catherine, by during a tour of farms in the area on January 10.

As the fight against praedial larceny in the local agricultural sector continues, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the proposed agricultural wardens programme must be initiated this year. Speaking during the first stakeholder engagement session of the Ministry’s ‘New FACE of Food’ campaign in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Wednesday, (January 10), Minister Green said the...