Jamaica now has a plan in place to respond comprehensively to a range of disasters that may affect agriculture, and the livelihoods of persons in the sector. This was revealed...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, was today (Sept. 1) presented with two sponsorship cheques totalling $4, 050,000 (US$ 45,000) towards the staging of two important international...

Executive Vice President for Alcoa's Global Primary Products (GPP), Bernt Reitan, has expressed confidence in the way that Jamalco has handled its mining operation in Jamaica. "Global Primary Products has...

The HEART Trust/NTA will be staging a stakeholder's consultation for displaced workers in the banana industry, at the Tim Bamboo Hotel, Port Antonio Portland on Friday (September 4). The consultation...

Sub-grant contracts totalling $11.4 million were signed Friday (August 28) for community organisations to undertake small projects, under the European Union's (EU) Banana Support Programme. In March, the EU and...

Significant work in establishing the necessary framework that will mainstream disaster risk reduction and management has already been undertaken in at least two sectors, Mitigation Programme Officer at the Office...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the European Commission (EC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU), on Monday (August 24), committing euro 5.9 million...

About 60 farmers from Maldon, Maroon Town and adjoining communities in South St. James, dislocated as a result of the downturn in the Banana Industry, are receiving specialised training in...

The state-owned Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJH) has commenced the upgrading of its three remaining sugar factories to meet the 2010 crop, using funds from the US$15 million...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, says that the near 10 percent increase in agricultural production in the April-June 2009 quarter, was more than...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has assured farmers that his Ministry will not allow the importation of foodstuff to drive them out of agriculture. "We have...