A five-year climate change plan is being crafted for the country’s agriculture sector, which is intended to strengthen the sector’s resilience to weather-related impacts such as droughts, tropical storms and...

Agriculture Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has again underscored the importance of food safety, as the Government seeks to reduce the imbalance between imports and exports. Mr. Kellier said the Ministry...

The Government will be providing assistance to farmers of Blue Mountain Coffee and other crops, who have been affected by recent bush fires in several communities in St. Thomas. Minister...

The proposed cess on imported refined sugar forms part of the administration’s undertaking to restructure the regime governing the importation of  the commodity, with the proceeds earmarked to fund the...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is to restructure a training programme offered to farmers at its Denbigh Farm School, in May Pen, Clarendon, to provide certification for JAS members who...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) net assets grew by 20 per cent over the last 12 years, to value $443 million at the end of the entity’s 2014/15 financial year...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, says that the Government is committed to strengthening the livestock sector, to ensure its sustainability...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has lauded the contribution of Jamaica’s over 220,000 farmers to significantly reducing the country’s food import bill by approximately $5 billion...