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Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), inspects tomatoes brought by farmer from Southfield, St. Elizabeth, Arden Parchment, during Thursday’s (February 11) Buy-Back Programme engagement at the St. Elizabeth Parish Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in Santa Cruz. The Programme is designed to address the glut of tomatoes in the parish.
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), inspects tomatoes brought by farmer from Southfield, St. Elizabeth, Arden Parchment, during Thursday’s (February 11) Buy-Back Programme engagement at the St. Elizabeth Parish Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in Santa Cruz. The Programme is designed to address the glut of tomatoes in the parish.

Buy-Back Programme Safeguarding Farmers’ Wellbeing During COVID-19

Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole, says the Government’s Buy-Back Programme continues to safeguard the well-being of local farmers affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On Thursday (February 11), the Ministry,...
Workers at the St. Elizabeth Parish Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), get ready to load containers of tomatoes on a cold storage truck at the St. Elizabeth Parish Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), in Santa Cruz, on Thursday, February 11. The tomatoes were purchased under the Government’s buy-back programme.
Workers at the St. Elizabeth Parish Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), get ready to load containers of tomatoes on a cold storage truck at the St. Elizabeth Parish Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), in Santa Cruz, on Thursday, February 11. The tomatoes were purchased under the Government’s buy-back programme.

Tomato Farmers In St. Elizabeth Benefit From Buy-Back Programme
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the virtual launch of the Skills to Access the Green Economy (SAGE) partnership on February 11.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the virtual launch of the Skills to Access the Green Economy (SAGE) partnership on February 11.

More Support For Farmers Through Buy-Back Programme
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), receives a box of eggs from Vice-President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, Mark Campbell, during the organization’s annual general meeting at the Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St/. Ann, on February 3.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), receives a box of eggs from Vice-President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, Mark Campbell, during the organization’s annual general meeting at the Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St/. Ann, on February 3.

Agriculture Minister Lauds Egg Farmers On Resilience Against COVID-19
Senior Veterinary Officer at the Veterinary Services Division (VSD), Dr. Ikolyn Ricketts Gayle.
Senior Veterinary Officer at the Veterinary Services Division (VSD), Dr. Ikolyn Ricketts Gayle.

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Agriculture Critical To Recovery Of Tourism – Minister

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at function for the handover of a backhoe to the St. Elizabeth Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) at the Holland Estate in the parish, recently.
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Minister Green Seeks Private-Sector Partnership To Provide Farmers With Equipment

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. ​
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Agriculture Ministry Preparing For Dry Season

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses farmers at the Albert High School in Southern Trelawny, following a tour of farms and agricultural lands in the area, on January 22.
Agriculture

Committee Established To Develop National Yam Strategy

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses farmers at the Albert High School in Southern Trelawny, following a tour of farms and agricultural lands in the area on Friday (January 22).
Agriculture

Agriculture Ministry To Regularise Former Sugar Cane Lands In Parnassus

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd right), looks at strawberries reaped by Cecil Rope (second left) on is farm in Rock Spring, South Trelawny, during a tour of the area on Friday (Jan. 22). Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Executive Director of the Rural Agriculture Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson.
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Gov’t in Talks With Insurance Companies to Provide Coverage for Farmers

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), aboard the backhoe that was handed over to the St. Elizabeth Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) during a ceremony held at the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth on Friday (January 15).
Agriculture

RADA Receives Equipment

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, on Friday (January 15), handed over a backhoe to the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to provide services to the farming communities of St. Elizabeth. The backhoe, is one of two purchased by the Ministry, valuing approximately $38 million from funds received under the COVID Recovery Response Programme. The other excavating equipment...
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