The Sugar Transformation Project has received an allocation of $2.4 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, some $850 million has...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, is hailing the resilience of Trelawny’s farmers, noting that despite drought they produced over 95,000 metric tonnes of produce last...

Jamaica 4-H Clubs youth leaders are currently benefitting from technical and vocational training, being provided under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with HEART Trust/NTA. The MoU, which came into...

Cabinet has approved the lease of 250 acres of land in Wallen, St. Catherine, to Red Stripe for the planting of cassava in support of the company’s plans to produce...

The Government is in discussion with overseas interests for the sale of a cocoa farm in St. Thomas, and rehabilitation of production in the parish to supply the high-end market...

Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says major developments are to take place shortly in the Jamaica banana industry, with an emphasis on production for the export...

Jamaican agricultural produce could soon reach the United Kingdom market within 10 days, based on a pending agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and a major shipping line, which will...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, is looking to take advantage of the high demand for local fresh produce in the United Kingdom (UK) to increase exports to...