United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator, Dr. Garry Conille, has commended the Government of Jamaica on measures being put in place to build resilience and ensure the sustainability of Jamaica’s food systems and has pledged his organisation’s continued support in this regard. He was speaking at a recent consultation workshop, which examined Jamaica’s food systems, including issues inhibiting sustainability and growth,...

Several young Jamaicans are entering the agricultural sector through the Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP). The RYEEP is an entrepreneurial training programme organised by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, in partnership with the HEART/NSTA Trust. Providing an update on the initiative recently, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said more than 700 youth have been trained through the...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be reviving its campaign aimed at educating livestock farmers about the African swine fever (ASF). The highly contagious and deadly viral disease affects both domestic and feral or wild swine of all ages. ASF is not a threat to human health and cannot be transmitted from pigs to humans. There is no treatment...

The Government has committed more than $320M to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Buy-Back Programme. The Programme began last year and is implemented through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). Agriculture Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said this is one way the Government has responded to the negative effects of the pandemic on farmers. “There has been fallout in our major markets,...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says that transforming the island’s food systems will require robust multi-stakeholder effort, with both the public and private sectors, as well as international partners, working hand in hand to ensure that “we get it done”.         . “We have to work together to see how we can make our food systems more resilient,”...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will continue to partner with local and international stakeholders to transform Jamaica’s food systems in order to ensure food security. “We are serious at the Ministry in working with our European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) partners and across sectors and the Government,...

Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest) is seeking interested persons to invest in more than 1,000 acres of land in Toll Gate, Clarendon, that have been reserved for a Mango Agro Park. “Currently, we are trying to seek [local and] overseas investors as well, and the response, so far, has been great,” Marketing and Communications Manager at Agro-Invest, Alecia Brown-Forbes, told JIS News....