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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a ceremony on March 26, at the AC Mariott Hotel in New Kingston, to announce the certification of Jamaica’s Conch industry, by the Marine Stewardship Council.

Conch Industry Attains MSC Certification

Jamaica’s Conch industry is now more sustainable, following the recent attainment of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, under the Compete Caribbean Project. The certification covers the Industrial Dive Fishery located in the Pedro Bank, the first of its kind...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Orville Palmer, delivers a speech on behalf of Minister of State, Hon. Franklin Witter, at the Fresh Produce Exporters Forum on Monday (March 25), at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston.

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Project Manager, Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project, Selena Ledgister.

Fishers Trained in Sea Moss and Oyster Production

New Tilapia Hatchery Slated for Completion Later This Year

Pelagic Training Vessel to Boost Fisheries Sector

Fisherfolk in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, constructing fish aggregating devices (FADs) under the Pelagic Fish Training Programme.

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Training in Pelagic Fishing

The upcoming training in pelagic fishing is expected to help ease the pressure on Jamaica’s reef fish. Roughly 280 fisherfolk across seven fishing communities will be trained to go farther offshore to catch larger species of fish. These include yellowfin tuna, mahimahi, kingfish and swordfish, using horizontal longlines and fish aggregating devices (FADs). This $63-million initiative comes under the five-year...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second right), pauses for a photo opportunity with College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE) students (from left) Javon Francis, Michska Douglas, and Shanelle Cunningham. The occasion was CASE’s Research Day and Symposium at the institution’s campus in Portland on Thursday (February 29). The event was held under the theme ‘Empowering the Future and Facing the Task – A CASE for Climate Resilience’.

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Gov’t Making Significant Investments in Irrigation Storage and Connectivity for Farmers

If Jamaica is to not just survive but thrive, the issue of productivity in agriculture against climate change must be taken very seriously, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. “It is why Jamaica is currently on track to invest some US$270 million in irrigation in the plains of...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), converses with (from left) Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Eastern, Denise Daley, and Managing Director of Contraxx Enterprises Limited, Stephen Chung. Occasion was yesterday’s (February 29), ceremony to break ground for a $574-million fish hatchery in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.

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Fish Hatchery to Be Constructed at Twickenham Park

The Government has moved to increase the production of Tilapia with an investment of $574 million for the construction of a hatchery in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony on February 29, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, said there is a “tremendous demand” for the fish on the island but due to limited...

President of the Walkerswood Farmers Group in St. Ann, Oral Salve, was one of the beneficiaries of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s hot pepper pest surveillance training.

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Hot Pepper Farmers Hail Pest Surveillance Training

Hot pepper farmers and other stakeholders who took part in pest surveillance training are hailing the sessions as useful and beneficial to their farming practices. A total of 169 farmers, input suppliers and nursery operators benefited from guidance to reduce the prevalence of pests in hot pepper cultivation under the Improving the Phytosanitary Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), tables the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 15. At left is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

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$1.5 Billion Allocated to Complete Southern Plains Agricultural Project

A budgetary allocation of just over $1.5 billion has been made to complete the Southern Plains Agricultural Development Project in the upcoming fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, which began in 2019, is slated to end in December 2024. It aims to provide access to irrigation...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.

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Descendants of Former Sugar Workers at Hampden Get Letters of Possession

The Government has made letters of possession available for descendants of former sugar workers to give them security of tenure on the old Hampden sugarcane lands in Trelawny. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the gesture will now enable the beneficiaries to build on the lands free of hassle and any worry that they could be...

The Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme aims to boost agricultural production.

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$1.9 Billion for Essex Valley Irrigation Programme

Approximately $1.9 billion has been allocated to continue work under the Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme in the upcoming fiscal year. Details of the provision are contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. Implemented in April 2017,...