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The Constituency Development Fund in the Office of the Prime Minister is to receive a total of $2.45 billion, as outlined in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. This allocation will cover administrative expenses of the unit and allocations to the 60 constituencies, with the main thrust of the Fund being to promote human and infrastructure development...

The Institutionalisation of DevInfo project in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has received $8.707 million, to continue to establish a reliable and comprehensive source of macro-economic indicators for the country, in order to facilitate more information-based planning and wider data access. As set out in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House, the project is funded by...

The Eradication of New World Screwworm Project in the Ministry of Agriculture has received a $354 million allocation in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to eradicate the New World Screwworm, an insect which causes destructive myiasis (infestation of tissue) in warm blooded animals, and humans. Eradication is expected to be achieved...

The National Irrigation Development Project has been allocated $66 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Funded by the Government and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the project's immediate objective is to increase crop production and diversity, thereby increasing farm incomes and rural development in the long run. The overall National Irrigation Development Plan...

The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) has been allocated just over $34.23 million to conduct its business in the coming financial year, which begins on April 1, according to the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. This represents a five per cent increase over the amount of $32.56 million granted to the OCA in the...

The Planning Model Development and National Development Plan (T21) project will receive $33.1 million during the 2008/09 fiscal period, to prepare a long term national development plan that should allow Jamaica to achieve developed country status by 2030. The project is funded by Jamaica and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), and is being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica...

Further institutional strengthening of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), in order to enable the entity to better serve beneficiaries of its services, is one of the key activities expected to take place under the National Irrigation Development Project, during the 2008/09 fiscal year. A sum of $265.3 million has been allocated in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the...

An allocation of $1.25 billion has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, for the Sugar Transformation Project in the Ministry of Agriculture. The overall aim of the project is to develop a sustainable private sector-led sugarcane industry; strengthen the economic diversification, social resilience, and environmental sustainability of sugar-dependent areas, and maintain...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the government is committed to modernizing the agricultural sector, in order for the country to effectively compete in the international marketplace. "This government is committed to modernizing agriculture, because that is the only way agriculture will remain viable," Dr. Tufton said. He was speaking at the official launch of Farmers' Month...

A sum of $272.47 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure to continue land administration and management programmes, in order to promote sustainable development of the planned and unplanned natural environment. The sum has been assigned to different sub-components, including: Acquisition of Land; National Estate Management; Repairs and Improvements; Jamaica Land Titling Project; and the Land...

A total of $103.6 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure for land use planning and development. Under the planning and policy development aspect of the programme, $64.9 million will go towards covering operating expenses of the unit, which will focus on preparing development plans for St. Catherine and St. James; and conducting workshops in St....

Natural resources protection and conservation activities in the Office of the Prime Minister, is to benefit from $13.32 million, which has been allocated in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. The allocation has been divided among: coastal zone management; pollution control and waste management; parks and protected areas species habitat monitoring; public education and communication; and watershed...