Approximately 200 of the 675 sugar workers formerly employed to Frome Estate, Westmoreland, have received grants under the government's Social Mitigation Programme, which is supported by the European Union (EU)....

Farmers in the southern section of Manchester will be embarking on a project to re-establish irish potato production, through collaboration with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Jamaica...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, has said that farmers are reaping the benefits of the recent investment that the Government has put...

The showcase of products at the 'Jamaican Pavilion' brought favourable comments from the nearly 6,000 participants at the 14th annual Americas Food and Beverage Show held October 26-27 at the...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, launched a $10 million USAID financed small grants programme, in Braco, Trelawny on Wednesday, October 27. The...

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....