Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton and head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzochi Alemani, toured sections of Portland on Wednesday (April 28) to...

Despite the impact of the prolonged drought, Jamaica's agricultural sector recorded a 3.1 per cent increase in gross production in the first quarter of 2010 (January to March), according to...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is to embark on a new phase of the drive against praedial larceny, aimed at safeguarding Jamaica's lobster population, to ensure its long term...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mrs. Scarlette Gillings, has lauded the contribution of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) to the development and growth of the agricultural...

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...