Cabinet recently approved the mandate for the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJH) to conduct negotiations with interested parties who had submitted unsolicited proposals with respect to the divestment...

The 2010 National Secondary Schools' Food and Nutrition Quiz, which aims to enhance and promote food, nutrition and healthy lifestyle in schools and communities, was officially launched at the Ministry...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Donavan Stanberry, has called on agricultural training institutions to focus on areas that will put the sector on a sustainable...

The Portland Parish Development Committee (PDC) has embarked on a number of strategies aimed at revitalizing its operations, and improving its effectiveness in pursuing the mandate to serve the people...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, said that Government was pursuing a number of initiatives for young people to pursue a successful career in agriculture. Responding to a caller on...

Banker Aubyn Hill has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited, which manages the remaining Government-owned sugar estates- Frome, Monymusk and...

Two new hybrid disease-resistant varieties of tomatoes, the Summer Star and Striker, were unveiled at the Ministry of Agriculture's research station at Bodles, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (February24). Their development...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a Commission to review, enquire and make recommendations as to changes, if any, to the current regulatory, institutional and pricing arrangements in the sugar...

A yam packaging facility was officially opened at Wait-A-Bit, in South Trelawny, by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, on February 22. The building, which was refurbished...

Pepper farmers in St. Elizabeth stand to benefit from the establishment of a hot pepper processing facility in Hounslow in the parish. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris, has said that the organisation is providing a range of support programmes and services to the country's farmers, which are geared...