Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), Ambassador Derrick Heaven, has commenced discussions with all the relevant parties to resolve the issues concerning the closure of the Long Pond...

The Government's Sugar Divestment Team (SDT) is to finalise a deal soon with China's COMPLANT International Sugar Industry Company, for the sale of its three remaining sugar factories - Frome,...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Coffee Industry Board today (July 13), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Hangzhou Coffee and Western Food Association from China, which...

A business exposition, staged by Central Agricultural Supplies Company (CASCo), will be held at the Manchester Club, in Mandeville, on July 24. Co-ordinator of the event, Chevaughne Miller, told JIS...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that there will be stricter monitoring of fishing beaches to ensure that unsafe chemicals are not being used to...

Displaced sugar workers in the Monymusk Sugar Dependent Area have received grants under the Economic Mitigation Programme, a Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries initiative supported by the European Union (EU)....

The Forestry Department is looking to increase its number of local forest management committees, as it intensifies efforts to preserve the country's forest cover. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

In recognition of the role agriculture must play in the economy, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be working together to restructure agricultural education....

Leaders in the fisheries sector are calling for the cessation of practices that could destroy the industry, thereby preserving the livelihood of many persons and generations to come. "The dynamiting...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, says earning from the fishing sector can be increased, if fisherfolk adhere to the best practices the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that farmers will reap tremendous benefits from the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) Phase Two, which was launched...