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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (second right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Franklin Witter (right), accept a symbolic cheque for $6.2 million to purchase a generator from Chief Executive Officer, GK Foods Domestic, Frank James, and GK’s General Counsel and Chief Corporate Secretary, Gail Moss-Solomon, during a handover ceremony in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, on November 1. Farming supplies , valued more than $3 million, were also handed over by the company. The provisions form part of the multi-stakeholder Hurricane Beryl recovery assistance being extended to farmers in the parish.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (second right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Franklin Witter (right), accept a symbolic cheque for $6.2 million to purchase a generator from Chief Executive Officer, GK Foods Domestic, Frank James, and GK’s General Counsel and Chief Corporate Secretary, Gail Moss-Solomon, during a handover ceremony in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, on November 1. Farming supplies , valued more than $3 million, were also handed over by the company. The provisions form part of the multi-stakeholder Hurricane Beryl recovery assistance being extended to farmers in the parish.

Farmers in St. Elizabeth Get Assistance from GraceKennedy

By: Okoye Henry, November 5, 2024
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has received approximately $10 million in irrigation infrastructure support and farming supplies to boost agricultural resilience in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth. The donation, which...
Jamaica 4-H Clubs Manager for St. Ann, Tedroy Gordon (third from left), presents a spot prize to Gibraltar All-age School student, Romonia Coore, during the Runaway Bay Primary and Infant School 4-H Club’s open day held on Thursday (Oct. 31). Looking on is Forest Technicians at the Forestry Department, Kerry Ann Newland-McLean (left) and Mackeda Coombs.

4-H Clubs Using Technology To Attract Youth

By: OKOYE HENRY, November 3, 2024
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter (second left), converses with (from left) Acting Senior Research Director in the Crop Research Unit of the Ministry’s Research and Development Division, Alex Sybron; Seed Certification Consultant, Dr. Lisa Myers-Morgan; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Manager of Science, Technology and Innovation, Fayaz Shah, and Acting Chief Plant Quarantine Produce Inspector, National Plant Protection Organisation, Damian Rowe. The occasion was a recent Plant Breeding in Hot Pepper Production training session, coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station in Old Harbour, St. Catherine.

State Minister Underscores Need for Jamaica’s Self-Sufficiency in Seed Production

By: Britney Stevens, November 2, 2024

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