KINGSTON – Jamaica recorded a one per cent decrease in its food import bill for 2010, which stood at US$661 million, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has...

The Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MoA&F)is to host another series of Farmers’ Market in six (6) parishes across the country this Friday, March 4, 2011 at the following locations:...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has appealed for increased investments in the agricultural sector, citing significant opportunities from growing local produce. Speaking at Tuesday’s (March 1)...

The Portland parish office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) staged its third annual open day on Wednesday (February 23) at the Folly Oval in Port Antonio. The event,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has disclosed that the Government is seeking to divest Nutrition Products Limited (NPL), as it seeks to make the state-owned company more efficient in...

Approximately 561 former sugar workers in Trelawny were presented with grant funding certificates, under the Government of Jamaica/European Union (EU) displaced sugar workers Economic Mitigation Programme on Wednesday February 23....

The Ministry of Agriculture, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has provided assistance to more than 100 farmers in St. Elizabeth, who had their crops destroyed by Tropical Storm...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that although the state-owned sugar estates did not make a profit for the 2008/09 crop season the Government had not...

The Government is looking to make Hounslow in St. Elizabeth an agro-industrial zone, boasting up-to-date post harvest plants, as part of the thrust to modernise and transform Jamaican agriculture. Hounslow...

As the Government seeks to boost meat safety initiatives, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is to model a processing structure for local consumers. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon....

The Coffee Industry Board  (CIB) through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries successfully secured an emergency loan facility of $310.5 million Jamaican Dollars from the EX-IM Bank and the Development...