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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), having a light conversation with Attorney General and Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Hon. Patrick Atkinson (centre) and Mrs. Beverley Atkinson, at the 58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show, which was held on March 5, in Trelawny, under the theme: 'Empowering youth in agriculture: grow what we eat, eat what we grow'.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), having a light conversation with Attorney General and Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Hon. Patrick Atkinson (centre) and Mrs. Beverley Atkinson, at the 58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show, which was held on March 5, in Trelawny, under the theme: 'Empowering youth in agriculture: grow what we eat, eat what we grow'.

Thousands Trained Under ‘Youth in Agriculture’ Programme

By: Glenis Rose, March 7, 2014
More than 102,000 young persons have been trained and 453 school gardens established under the ‘Youth in Agriculture’ initiative, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, has revealed. The...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, addressing the 58th annual Hague Agricultural, Livestock and Food Show which was held on March 5 in Trelawny, under the theme: 'Empowering youth in agriculture: grow what we eat, eat what we grow'.

Farmers Urged to Gear Up for More Goat Meat Production

By: Glenis Rose, March 7, 2014
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), greets Director of International Marketing for Vitazyme, Robert Haduk (centre), during a stakeholders seminar at the Agriculture Ministry’s Research Station at Bodles, Old Harbour, St. Catherine, in January. Mr. Clarke was guest speaker at the sensitization forum which was held under the theme: ‘Improving Crop Production, Increasing Productivity’. Looking on is Director of Latin American and Caribbean Operations for the product, Dr. Juan Carlos Diaz.

Research on All Natural Bio-Stimulant to Boost Crop Production

By: Douglas McIntosh, March 3, 2014

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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivers the main address at the launch of the Spring Dunrobin and Hillside Local Forest Management Committees on Friday (Feb. 21), at the White Hall Baptist Church in St. Thomas. Seated at head table (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas, James Robertson; Custos of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett (centre); and Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Ludlow Mathison.
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Forest Act to be Revised

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has announced that work is to begin shortly to revise the Forest Act, 1996. "The revision will make this...
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By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, February 22, 2014
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), looks on as Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Yasuo Takese (second left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF), Vitus Evans, hold cheque for grant agreement that was signed on February 18, in Kingston, for revitalisation of the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry in Jamaica. At right is Chairman of the JADF, Dalkeith Hanna.
Agriculture

$11 Million Grant to Revive Cotton Industry

The Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF) has signed an $11 million grant agreement with the Japanese Government, for the revitalisation of the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry in...
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By: Alphea Saunders, February 18, 2014