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Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, is calling on Jamaicans in the east to begin planting whatever they can to help with food security, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, is calling on Jamaicans in the east to begin planting whatever they can to help with food security, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

Persons in Eastern Jamaica Encouraged to Step Up Food Production Following Hurricane Melissa

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is urging persons in eastern Jamaica to increase agricultural output to help protect the island’s food security. Hurricane Melissa devastated western parishes and this is expected to hamper food production and availability, with scarcity...
Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Maxine Brown.
Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Maxine Brown.

RADA Stages Pop Up Livestock Clinic in Santa Cruz Tomorrow
Leroy Blake, a round leaf yam and livestock farmer from Whitby district in Williamsfield, Manchester, uses his fork to dig a yam hill on Thursday (November 6). Mr. Blake is beginning to replant his two-acre field following the devastation caused by of Hurricane Melissa, where he lost most of his yam crop.
Leroy Blake, a round leaf yam and livestock farmer from Whitby district in Williamsfield, Manchester, uses his fork to dig a yam hill on Thursday (November 6). Mr. Blake is beginning to replant his two-acre field following the devastation caused by of Hurricane Melissa, where he lost most of his yam crop.

Manchester Small Farmer Focused on Replanting
Director of Public Relations and Communication at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Camille Beckford
Director of Public Relations and Communication at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Camille Beckford

RADA to Provide Support for Farmers Impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Director of Public Relations and Communication at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Camille Beckford.
Director of Public Relations and Communication at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Camille Beckford.

Farmers Implored to Complete Hurricane Preparations

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AgriculturePress Release

NIC Distributes Free Non-Potable Water at Filling Stations to Support Farming Communities After Hurricane Melissa

Following the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through the National Irrigation Commission Limited (NIC) has commenced distribution of free non-potable water to farming communities that have been significantly impacted. Distribution is now underway at the Beacon 1, Beacon 2 and Hounslow filling stations in St. Elizabeth, and the New Forest filling station in...
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Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry Activates Emergency Protocols

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has activated its emergency protocols and has convened its disaster management and mitigation committee in preparation for Hurricane Melissa. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure during a press briefing on Saturday (Oct. 25) at Jamaica House. He implored farmers and fishers to follow the Ministry’s advisories in their preparations for the...
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Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb.
AgricultureHurricane Melissa

Farmers Advised to Protect Vital Documents Ahead of Hurricane Melissa

Efforts to safeguard farm records, associated documents, and receipts should be high on the agenda of farmers as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica. This is according to the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), which is urging full-scale preparedness among agricultural stakeholders. Senior RADA Plant Health and Food Safety Officer, Francine Webb, told JIS News that safeguarding farm records is a critical...
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Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb.
AgricultureTropical Storm Melissa

Farmers Urged to Prepare for Post Storm Diseases

Farmers across the island are being urged to look out for diseases that can affect their crops following tropical storm Melissa. Heavy rainfall creates ideal conditions for pests and pathogens to thrive, damaging crops and causing setbacks to the productivity of fields. Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, said the...
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Red tractor stands by field as storm clouds gather.
Agriculture

Farmers Urged to Harvest Mature Crops Now

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging farmers across the island to harvest mature crops ahead of tropical storm Melissa, to minimise loss. In an interview with JIS News, Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with RADA, Francine Webb, said at this time, fields will be in various stages of production. “If you have crops that are near...
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Chief Executive Officer of the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC), Vivion Scully, addresses a training session on Wambugu apple production and seedling distribution, held at the Ebony Park Agro Park in Clarendon on October 16.
Agriculture

Wambugu Apple Could Cut Hundreds of Million in Annual Imports

Cultivation of the Wambugu apple variety in Jamaca could cut the import bill for the fruit, which amounts to hundreds of million each year, says Chief Executive Officer of the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC), Vivion Scully. “Jamaica imported over 1.4 million kilograms of apples last year, costing us more than $260 million and you can do the conversion in US dollars....
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Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Francine Webb, is urging farmers to take precaution and prepare, as best as possible, for the passage of tropical storm Melissa.
AgricultureDisaster Relief

RADA Urges Farmers to Prepare for Tropical Storm Melissa

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is urging farmers across the island to prepare themselves and their farms for the passing of Tropical Storm Melissa. As of Tuesday, October 21, at 2:00 p.m., a Meteorological Service of Jamaica Bulletin indicated that a Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the island, with Tropical Storm Melissa moving over the Caribbean Sea,...
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