The “vast majority” of farm roads impacted by the 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Monday (October 30) have been cleared, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. He was reporting on the effects of the earthquake on the agriculture sector during Wednesday’s (November 1) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Minister Green said six farm roads in east rural...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is embarking on an islandwide stakeholder engagement drive to highlight the various investment opportunities in the sector and initiatives in place to help farmers boost production. The drive, which commences on Thursday (November 2) in Kingston and St. Andrew, is part of activities to celebrate Eat Jamaican Month in November. “We will be...

Chairman, Jamaica 4-H Clubs Island Advisory Council (IAC), Reverend Roy Wickham, addresses the organisation’s annual general meeting, held on Saturday (October 28) at the Denbigh 4-H Training Centre in Clarendon. Seated is Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter.

Several tertiary and high-school students from St. James and Hanover participated in the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Farm-to-Table Experience on October 27. The initiative, which is in its second year, aims to inform students about the agricultural sector’s importance to Jamaica and the benefits that can be derived from it. Approximately 30 students from the Jamaica...

State Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter, is urging stakeholders in the mining sector to begin now to plan for a future beyond bauxite. “We know that bauxite is a diminishing asset, with mining in Jamaica having just another 30 to 40 years to go. We must now look at life after bauxite and we must now...

Local farmers are being implored to capitalise on training available to them through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). Making the call, Land Management Officer at RADA, Kingston and St. Andrew, Robert Tulloch, said that, often, farmers do not take advantage of the training opportunities that exist. He noted, for example, that “I have [been to] Westmoreland and have spent...

The Government continues to recraft Jamaica’s agricultural sector to deal with the realities of climate change, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has said. He noted that the Ministry is focused on several strategic pillars to improve the sector, including food security, agribusiness development and climate-smart technologies. “We must farm differently. If the climate [has] changed, we...