Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) must be restructured to enable the organisation to better serve the interests of...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says the long term sustainability of Jamaican coffee is contingent on local stakeholders maintaining consistently high standards in quality and production. He...

Their Excellencies, Governor-General the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, and Lady Allen, made an official visit to the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Thursday (July 15) to get a firsthand view...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called on farmers' organisations to work together for the advancement of the sector. "Unless all of us work together to...

Machinery valued at $60.4 million has been donated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by the Government of the People's Republic of China, in a bid to increase rice...

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)....