The Agricultural Produce (Amendment) Act, which will facilitate the imposition of harsher penalties for praedial larceny, has been gazetted and is now in effect. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure during a press briefing at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Wednesday (January 31). The maximum fine for breaches under the law has moved...

Head of the Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit, Superintendent Oral Pascoe, is urging farmers affected by praedial larceny to make reports to the police. “We have actually seen in some parishes where reports have gone up significantly. So, for example, in Trelawny we are seeing where there are over 80 reports of praedial larceny. Previously there was none,” Superintendent Pascoe...

A team has been assembled at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining’s Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine to advance work on the genetics of the Jamaica Hope cattle breed, given Jamaica’s changing climate. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, explained that “Jamaica was a big leader when we developed the Jamaica Hope, and the Jamaica Hope was the best...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining wants more farmers to get involved in goat rearing. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said the small ruminant sector in Jamaica needs support to meet the local demand. “We love our curried goat, but about 80 per cent of that is imported. Often it is mutton or sheep. We are not meeting our...

With the country spending $1 billion on mutton importation annually, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, is calling on Jamaicans to consider goat rearing as a lucrative opportunity. Mr. Green, who was speaking to residents, farmers and other agricultural stakeholders at a ‘The New Face of Food: Stakeholder Engagement’, in Westmoreland, on January 19, said it is...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, is advising farmers in South St. James to form groups to improve access to support and services being provided by the Government. Mr. Green, who met with farmers in the Welcome Hall area of the parish on Thursday (Jan.17), pointed out that assistance to farmers can be more effectively channeled through...

Over 1000 goats have been imported into the island since April of last year under the National Small Ruminant Development Programme. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure during the Hanover leg of the New FACE of Food engagement session at the Grand Palladium Resort in the parish on Thursday (January 18). “The Government has...