The Ministry of Agriculture, today (January 26), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Bank, to evaluate the feasibility of market-based weather risk management practices for the coffee...

With the Jamaica 4-H Movement joining in the show of generosity to the people of Haiti, its western Jamaica wing is supporting the national effort with a regional collection drive...

Harvesting operations have resumed at the Frome Sugar Factory in Westmoreland, following the suspension of reaping earlier this month because of bad weather conditions. Persistent rainfall during the December to...

Director General of the Coffee Industry Board (CIB), Christopher Gentles, has called on key players in the coffee sector to embark on new ways to put the industry on a...

Coffee farmers who attended a meeting of representatives of the co-operatives and personnel from the Coffee Industry Board (CIB), have expressed confidence in the industry's viability. "What we need to...

Bauxite/alumina producer, Alpart, has granted persons in Manchester funds totalling over $600,000 to expand micro enterprise projects. At a handing over ceremony at their Knockpatrick facility on Friday (January 15),...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, officially opened the Ministry's Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) Unit, following a brief ceremony in the conference room of the Veterinary Services...

With the Centre of Excellence for Advanced Technology in Agriculture (CEATA) now a reality, persons can begin benefitting from its work immediately, through the use of its official website. The...

Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, will attend the swearing-in of new Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), Víctor...

The Sugar Divestment Enterprise (SDE) has recommended that harvesting of the crop at Frome in Westmoreland be suspended for 10-15 days, to allow for the drying out of the fields...

Since its official launch just over a year ago, the National School Garden Programme is reaping rewards, realising more than over $32 million worth of agricultural produce, and providing fresh...