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Dianne Dormer (right) receives her ‘Phenomenal Woman in Agriculture’ award from Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hardware and Lumber, Olive Downer Walsh. Ms Dormer was one of 20 women selected by the Jamaica Agricultural Society for the award. The event was held on Wednesday, June 8 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel.
Dianne Dormer (right) receives her ‘Phenomenal Woman in Agriculture’ award from Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hardware and Lumber, Olive Downer Walsh. Ms Dormer was one of 20 women selected by the Jamaica Agricultural Society for the award. The event was held on Wednesday, June 8 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel.

Jamaican Women In Agriculture To Benefit From New Association

Jamaican women in Agriculture are to benefit from the advocacy and mentorship of the newly launched ‘Association of Phenomenal Women’ by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS). Since 2018, the JAS has been selecting impactful women across the country for its...
Ulrica Edwards (right) is named as one of 20 ‘Phenomenal Women in Agriculture’. Presenting her with the award is RJRGleaner Communications Group’s Joy Bennett.
Ulrica Edwards (right) is named as one of 20 ‘Phenomenal Women in Agriculture’. Presenting her with the award is RJRGleaner Communications Group’s Joy Bennett.

JAS Honours 20 Women In Agriculture
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right) and Managing Director, Trade Winds Citrus Limited (Tru Juice), Peter McConnell (second from right), engage with students of Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, after presenting them with boxes of milk. Occasion was a World Milk Day event at the school on Wednesday, June 1.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right) and Managing Director, Trade Winds Citrus Limited (Tru Juice), Peter McConnell (second from right), engage with students of Tulloch Primary School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, after presenting them with boxes of milk. Occasion was a World Milk Day event at the school on Wednesday, June 1.

Private Sector A Critical Partner In Growth Of Dairy Industry – Minister Charles Jr.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), speaks at the eighth staging of the St. Ann Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at Port Rhoades Sports Club in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on May 26.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), speaks at the eighth staging of the St. Ann Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at Port Rhoades Sports Club in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on May 26.

Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit Steps Up Efforts to Curb Theft
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., engages with (from left) Vice President of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Association, Desmond Jadusingh; President of the Jamaica Network of Rural Woman Producers, Tamisha Lee; and President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon. Occasion was the opening of the ‘Strengthening the Capacity of Farmers’ Organizations to Promote Sustainable Family Farming’ national stakeholder workshop, at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston on Wednesday (June 1).
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., engages with (from left) Vice President of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Association, Desmond Jadusingh; President of the Jamaica Network of Rural Woman Producers, Tamisha Lee; and President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon. Occasion was the opening of the ‘Strengthening the Capacity of Farmers’ Organizations to Promote Sustainable Family Farming’ national stakeholder workshop, at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston on Wednesday (June 1).

Sustainable Family Farming Workshop Under Way

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Acting Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), Devon Sayers.
Agriculture

JDDB Looks To Boost Local Milk Production

The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) is aiming to increase the supply of local milk by about 10 per cent within the next five to 10 years. Currently, the local sector is fulfilling only around 15 to 20 per cent of demand annually. “We are running a deficit in terms of fresh milk demand,” Acting Chief Executive Officer at the...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), speaks with President, Society for Economic Botany (SEB), John de la Parra, during the opening ceremony for the 2022 International Joint Conference of SEB and the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE), (SEB-ISE Jamaica 2022) on Sunday (May 30) at the host institution, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, St. Andrew. At right is Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Dale Webber.
Agriculture

UWI Int’l Conference Explores Relationship Between People And Plants

The 2022 International Joint Conference of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) and the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE), (SEB-ISE Jamaica 2022) is being held from May 29 to June 2. The opening ceremony for the five-day event took place on Sunday (May 29) at host institution, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, St. Andrew, and online....
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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jnr, ‘smells the coffee’ while visiting the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority’s (JACRA) booth at AgroFest Jamaica on Saturday (May 28). The event was held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens Complex in Kingston. At right is JACRA Administrator, Carline Wint-Mattison.
Agriculture

AgroFest Jamaica Returns

Scores of Jamaicans turned out for the return of AgroFest Jamaica, the annual show hosted by the Kingston and St Andrew Association of Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS).   Like many other large events, AgroFest, which was held at the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries’ Hope Gardens complex in Kingston on Saturday (May 28), had been on a two-year...
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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jnr (right), observes as National Rums of Jamaica Limited Group Operations Manager, Michael Dunkley (left), pours a product sample during a visit to Clarendon Distillers Limited on Friday (May 27). Also looking on are State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Hon. Franklin Witter (second left); and Chief Executive Officer, National Rums of Jamaica, Martha Miller.
Agriculture

National Rums Jamaica Looking to Expand Sugarcane Cultivation

The partly state-owned National Rums of Jamaica Limited is looking to expand sugarcane cultivation, which is expected to generate employment for displaced sugar workers in Clarendon.  Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jnr, hailed the move during a tour of the company’s Clarendon Distillers Limited on Friday (May 27).  Mr. Charles, who is Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon...
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The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (right), presents special appreciation award to Farmer, Maple Gladstone Lawrence, for over 50 years of dedicated service to the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Branch in St Ann during the eighth staging of the St. Ann Agricultural Industrial and Food Show at Port Rhoades Sport Club in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on Thursday (May 26).
Agriculture

$670M Allocated for farm roads repair

The government has earmarked several agricultural initiatives in the 2022/2023 fiscal year to further develop the sector as a productive and sustainable industry.  Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., made the disclosure while addressing Thursday’s (May 26) eighth staging of the St. Ann Agricultural Industrial and Food Show at Port Rhoades Sport Club in Discovery Bay, St. Ann.  Minister...
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Executive Chairman, Institute of Vocational and Professional Training (IVPT), Randy Finnikin (third left), shows a section of the Institute’s greenhouse to (from left), Jamaica Agricultural Society Vice President, Denton Alvaranga and General Operations Manager, Best Dressed Chicken Processing Plant, Steve Palmer. Looking on (at right, foreground) is Chairman of the Spring Village Development Foundation, Wayne Saunderson.
Agriculture

IVPT Now Has a School of Agriculture

Jamaica’s food security and productivity are expected to be boosted by the newly launched ‘School of Agriculture’ at the Institute of Vocational and Professional Training (IVPT) in Bushy Park, St Catherine.   In an official event on Thursday (May 26) on the school grounds, Executive Chairman, Mr Randy Finnikin, said the Institution is “seeking to cement the formalisation of training that...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr,. and State Minister, Hon. Franklin Witter, look at the interior of the new refrigerated truck acquired for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Elizabeth parish office. Five new vehicles, acquired for the office, were handed over at the Ministry in Kingston, recently.
AgricultureTransport

RADA St. Elizabeth Gets Five New Vehicles

Agricultural support to the more than 35,000 registered farmers in St. Elizabeth has been strengthened through the provision of five vehicles to the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) parish office by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The $43.7-million investment includes four pickups, which will serve as pool vehicles, and a refrigerated truck to be stationed at the RADA head...
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