Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has encouraged Jamaicans to substitute local produce for those in short supply due to the recent weather conditions, rather than turn...

Agricultural production is showing a 5.8 per cent increase for the July to September quarter, when compared with the corresponding period for 2009, with domestic food crop production up by...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that farmers must be on the cutting edge to remain viable in a market driven largely by quality and competition from others...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that if Caribbean states import less and produce more for domestic and regional use, the agricultural sector could contribute significantly...

Members of civil society and other stakeholders are being urged to join in the fight against hunger, by Head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in Jamaica,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has highlighted areas of success in Jamaica's efforts to produce enough food to feed its own population....

The families of two Jamaican farm workers who died in Canada, recently, have been compensated, in the sum of C$15,000, from the insurance plan operated by the Jamaican Liaison Service,...

Canadians are some of the largest consumers of coffee, and Jamaica being producer of the world renowned Blue Mountain coffee, would like to tap into that market. As the only...

The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID) of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has disposed of contaminated and expired food items valued at over $1million. The...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be facilitating the importation of specific agricultural produce to fill consumer needs, as a result of damage to crops due to heavy rains...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be providing technical and financial support to farmers, as it moves to get the sector back into production, posthaste. Focus is being placed...