Jamaica has called for increased action to help small-scale food producers implement effective adaptation practices to strengthen resilience and reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, the Hon. Floyd Green, in making the call at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) High-Level Ministerial Event in Rome on Thursday (June 29), said that resource constraints have...

More local fruits and ground provisions will be able to reach international shores, as Jamaica now has export market access to several additional countries. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, said among these is Barbados for pineapples. “We [also] now have market access to Cayman for frozen ackee, soursop, sweetsop, breadfruit, plantain, yam, sweet and Irish potato....

The Rudolf Elder Park in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, came alive on Friday (June 23) as scores of persons turned out for the 22nd annual parish agricultural show. The free event was staged by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Thomas parish office in association with H&L Agro under the theme, ‘Advancing Agriculture through Resilient Farmers: Grow Smart, Eat...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Mining says it will continue scaling up onion production in St. Thomas, even as it notes that farmers there have been mastering the growing of the crop. Speaking on Friday (June 23) during the parish’s annual agricultural show at the Rudolf Elder Park in Morant Bay, State Minister, Hon. Franklin Witter, said that for the...

The highly anticipated Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show will return for its 69th staging this year from August 5 to 7. The annual event was launched on Wednesday (June 21) at the Hi-Pro Supercentre in St. Catherine, where Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, charged that, “this year has to be bigger and better”. “It's critical...

As part of its mission to become self-sufficient, the administration at Best Care Special Education School in Kingston has established a vegetable farm and shade house at the institution. The project was initiated by the Kiwanis Club of Constant Spring and supported by Food For the Poor, the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, St. Andrew Junior Chamber, Forestry Department and Jamaica...

Farmers in sections of South St. Elizabeth, South Manchester and parts of St. Ann who were recently affected by heavy rains are to benefit from a $63-million support package from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, who toured some of the affected areas last week, made the announcement today (June 21). Speaking at the...