Access to assistance from the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) project for community development, was outlined at the 101st Annual General Meeting of the Portland Association of Branch Societies of...

The Government earned some $57 million during the 2009 fishing season, from a levy imposed on conch exports, Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc...

The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, is currently in the process of establishing an Aquaculture Fisheries Monitoring Committee, as part of efforts to resuscitate the local aquaculture...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has suggested the implementation of a specific timeframe within which scrap metal stakeholders be allowed to engage in trading. He said...

Professor Alvin Wint, Pro Vice Chancellor and Chairman of the Board for Undergraduate Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), will chair the Commission to enquire into the...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that the 12 per cent growth in agriculture in 2009 resulted in the creation of 10,000 new jobs,...

Revisions to the Fisheries Act, currently being pursued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to facilitate development of the sector, are at an advanced stage, Chief Technical Director in...

The Government is to establish a Food Safety Agency, which will have sole responsibility for monitoring food imports, to ensure their wholesomeness for consumption, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding announced today (April 20), that Cabinet has approved an arrangement with Tate & Lyle for the provision of 100,000 tons of sugar, with prepayment...

Praedial larceny was the main focus of a meeting among agricultural stakeholders, held at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Training Centre at the Denbigh showground, in Clarendon, last week. The theme...

With the 2009/2010 sugar crop season at the Frome Estate to officially close in a few days, Operations Manager, Mr. Victor Wright, said that production targets will be met and...