Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says that from a macro- economic standpoint, the survival of countries like Jamaica demands a new strategic focus on agriculture. Mr. Golding was speaking...

The week-long 5th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, in Montego Bay St. James, is already reaping success with delegates hammering...

Regional Governments have a political responsibility to manage trade policies judiciously, so as to build capacity in agriculture and give local farmers a chance to survive. This was the word...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, today (Oct. 26) appealed to agricultural technocrats within the Americas to come up with concrete action plans to increase productivity in the region....

Ground has been broken at the site of the post harvest packing house facility being established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth. The facility, which...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that praedial larceny is among a number of issues affecting farmers, which his Ministry will be addressing soon. He made...

Domestic food crop production in Westmoreland is up fifty percent for the July-September 2009 quarter, when compared with the similar period in 2008. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr....

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has outlined a number of steps to improve food packaging and reduce post harvest loss to farmers. "We have established a...

With the 2009/10 sugar cane crop set to begin in the first week of December, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that he is very pleased...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to start infrastructure work for the Tilston/Bounty Hall Housing Development in Trelawny, under the Sugar Workers Housing Programme. This was announced by...

Garvey Maceo High School, in Clarendon, has received US$10,000 ($890,000), from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA), to develop agriculture at the institution. At a World Food Day ceremony at...