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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), shows off a bunch of green plantains while touring booths at the Montpelier Agricultural & Industrial Show, held at the Montpelier Show Ground in St. James, on Monday, April 21. He is joined by (from left) President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Owen Dobson; President of the St. James Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris; and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), shows off a bunch of green plantains while touring booths at the Montpelier Agricultural & Industrial Show, held at the Montpelier Show Ground in St. James, on Monday, April 21. He is joined by (from left) President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Owen Dobson; President of the St. James Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris; and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon.

Montpelier Research Station to Be Renovated

By: Okoye Henry, April 23, 2025
The Montpelier Research Station in St. James is to be renovated at a cost of $600 million as part of a six-year redevelopment programme spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the official opening and handing over of the newly rehabilitated Mendez Town farm road in Lime Tree, South Trelawny on Thursday, April 17. Listening (from left) are State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Franklin Witter; Mayor of Falmouth, Collen Gager; and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

Mendez Town Farm Road Rehabilitated

By: Okoye Henry, April 21, 2025
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), shares a moment with the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ 2025 Girl and Boy of the Year, Octavia Robinson of Marymount High School in St. Mary and Dwight Henry of Knox College in Clarendon. Occasion was the National Achievement Expo at the Denbigh 4-H Centre in Clarendon on Wednesday (April 16).

National School Garden Programme Gets $20-Million Injection

By: Barbara Ellington, April 18, 2025

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers remarks at the launch of this year’s Farmers’ Month at the Craighton Estate Great House in Irish Town, St. Andrew, on Thursday (April 3), under the theme ‘Celebrating our Food Heroes’ The event included the launch of the ‘Thank A Farmer’ campaign, which will run for the month of April.
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‘Thank A Farmer’ Campaign Launched

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is collaborating with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) on a ‘Thank A Farmer’ campaign aimed at increasing public awareness and showing appreciation and...
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By: Vanessa James, April 4, 2025