The Financial Access for Responsible Members (FARM) programme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is seeking to establish a platform that will yield significant post harvest benefits for farmers...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris, has called on farmers to take advantage of support provided by organisations such as the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and...

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), is assisting St. Ann farmers who experienced losses in Irish potato production, under the Financial Access for...

Inmates at Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Mary are now benefitting from skills training, and physical wellness facilities as part of the rehabilitation process. A workshop complex and...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that measures are being put in place to assist the coffee industry, which is facing challenges due to the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says his Ministry is developing a Food Security and Nutrition Policy programme, to help define food security and how it can influence...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) recently hosted a forum at the Clarendon parish office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to sensitise persons to the Rural Economic Development...

As part of a Protected Agriculture Project in North East St. Catherine, a greenhouse was officially opened in the community of Top Mountain, Thursday (June 10). The greenhouse is one...

Farmers are to benefit from an upcoming project involving the use of small hand-held tools to assist with land preparation, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, told...

Nearly 200 farmers, in eight parishes, are currently benefitting from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' Financial Access for Responsible Members (FARM) programme. The initiative, which commenced in November 2009,...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has lauded farmers in Manchester for sticking to best practices resulting in increased yields from their crops. The Minister, who was...