The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has allotted over $60 million towards the funding of several programmes designed to create employment for individuals within the agricultural sector. The programmes, which...

The much-loved sorrel drink has long been a favourite of Jamaicans during the Christmas period. As appetites grow for the taste of this delicious indigenous Jamaican product, so has the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, said that payouts from the Catastrophe Fund for the banana industry, amounting to some $7 million, are scheduled to be made this week....

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, is confident that the Ministry’s implementation of a three-pronged programme of assistance, valued at over $200 million, will assist the banana industry to...

Come tomorrow (Nov.14), the People’s Cooperative (PC) Bank is slated to begin processing loan applications for the disbursement of $100 million to banana farmers ,who suffered heavy losses during the...

Hundreds of farmers from Lititz and surrounding communities in South East St. Elizabeth are to benefit from a small-scale irrigation system set up by the Government, through the National Irrigation...

  Jamaica’s fisheries sector is set to benefit from some US$400,000 ($36 million) in grant funding and technical support under the United Kingdom-based Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Caribbean Fish...

Hundreds of farmers from Lititz and surrounding communities in South St. Elizabeth are to benefit from a small-scale irrigation system set up by the Government, through the National Irrigation Commission Limited...

Several Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) extension officers are currently engaged in a two-day sorrel harvesting training programme, aimed at equipping them with knowledge on production techniques to be transferred...

The Government will be providing more than $100 million in material and services to assist with the restoration of farming in the worse-affected parishes. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia...

To assist with the resuscitation of the banana industry, the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has negotiated a $100 million loan package from the People’s Cooperative (PC)...