The more than 1,400 residents of the farming community of Troy in Trelawny, now have easier traverse following the rehabilitation of two roads at a combined cost of $106 million. The work was executed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the ninth cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and involved improvement of the one-kilometre Common Road...

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) operators in the agricultural and fisheries sector have received training through the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC) formalisation project. The project, ‘Formalising Operators in the Jamaican Agricultural and Fisheries Sector’, benefited 100 operators across both sectors, who received training in transitioning their businesses and employees from an informal to a formal state. Details were...

The 13 investors selected to engage in production at the Toll Gate Mango Agro-Park in Clarendon have each committed to investing at least $20 million in their projects. Selected from 55 applicants, the 13 large investors will cultivate East Indian and Saint Julian mangoes on the 935-acre property managed by the Agro-Invest Corporation. The mangoes are for export markets in...

The Government continues to invest in the future of agriculture, with the recent handover of 20 lease agreements to youth and selected Mango Agro-Park investors. Facilitated through the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC), participants will engage in agricultural activities linked to crop production. Activities will be spread across several agro-parks and agro-economic zones, to include the Ebony Park Agro-Park in Clarendon, Amity...

Nine women working in agriculture were recognised at the Agriculturalist’s Distinguished Women in Agriculture Awards Ceremony, for stellar contributions to the sector. Women account for roughly 32% of registered farmers in Jamaica and have made noteworthy impact in the areas of veterinary medicine, beekeeping, fisheries and agribusiness. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., in his address at...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, on Tuesday (April 26) officially opened the Rural Economic Development Initiative II (REDI II) Training of Trainers’ Climate Resilience Workshop for agriculture and community tourism stakeholders. The two-day event, which continues Wednesday (April 27) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, is an initiative of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)....

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has lauded the nation’s farmers for the resilience they have demonstrated despite the unprecedented obstacles brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 18, Mr. Charles Jr. said the sector continued on a positive trajectory over the past two...