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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, speaks at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held on Wednesday (April 24), at Jamaica House.

Reopening of JISCO Alpart Remains a Priority of Government

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the reopening of the JISCO Alpart in Nain, St. Elizabeth, remains a priority of the Government. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday (April 24), Mr....

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (third right), commissions a new 5,000-gallon water truck into service at the Lydford Industrial Park in St. Ann on Friday (April 19), which will benefit farmers in the parish. He is joined by (from left) Parish Agricultural Manager for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in St. Ann, Delroy Luke; Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) Managing Director, Donna Marie Howe; Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter; Director on JBM Board of Directors, Michelle Campbell Sawyer; and Vice Chairman of the JBM Board of Directors, Robert Chung.

St. Ann Farmers Get 5,000-Gallon Water Truck

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (fourth left), fielding questions during the question-and-answer session of a town hall meeting organised by the Ministry and Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM), at Golden Grove All-Age School in St. Ann, on April 19. He is joined by (from left) Managing Director of GDM Associates, Gawayne Murdock; Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, Councillor, Michael Belnavis; JBM Managing Director, Donna Marie Howe; Member of Parliament for St. Ann South Eastern Lisa Hanna; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter.

JBM Ready to Establish Industrial Park at Lydford in St. Ann

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter.

Essex Valley Project to Transform Agriculture, Rural Development – Witter

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 9).

Support for Farmers Impacted by Dry Conditions

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JBI Looking to Improve Bauxite Industry Operations

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) will continue to collaborate with its stakeholders to facilitate improved operation of the bauxite industry. The JBI expects that this will be achieved by providing support in the form of research-driven advice to industry players and engaging in activities aimed at protecting bauxite lands from sterilisation. Details of the engagements are outlined in the Jamaica...

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JBM to Facilitate Increase in Bauxite Production

The Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) will be seeking to facilitate an increase in bauxite production during the 2024/25 financial year. The entity will also continue to provide management support to Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II (Noranda) in its role of operating the bauxite mines in St. Ann and will also continue to manage its non-bauxite activities. This is contained...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on Wednesday (March 6).

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$1.2 Billion to Repurpose Former Bauxite Lands for Agricultural Use

Some $1.2 billion is to be invested in repurposing underutilised former bauxite lands for agricultural use, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. “What we are looking to do is to take those lands that are now being underutilised or that mining has been finished and they are now restored, and to put them into active production,”...

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...

Revetments will be built to protect the coastal towns of Buff Bay, Portland and Annotto Bay, St. Mary.

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Revetments to Be Built to Protect Buff Bay and Annotto Bay

The Government has allocated funds for the construction of revetments in Buff Bay, Portland and Annotto Bay, St. Mary to protect the coastal towns from storm surges. The works will be done under the Enhancing the Resilience of the Agricultural Sector and Coastal Areas project, which has been allocated approximately $441.5 million in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, now before...

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...