The Portmore Fishing Village Complex in St. Catherine has been completed and vendors and fishers are to be fully relocated to the site within a month. The facility, located on...

The Senate has approved a motion urging the Government to intensify its policies and programmes supporting the growing and consumption of locally grown foods. The motion also urged the Government...

The Fifth hemispheric forum on Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas came to a close yesterday (Oct. 29) with ministerial delegates signing a 16-point agreement, which sets out an...

Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, has called for the countries of the Americas to pay keen attention to food security, and encourage investments...

Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, has noted that agriculture is critical for reducing poverty in order to achieve the Millennium Development...

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says a paradigm shift is needed by all countries to boost food production. The Minister was speaking at the opening of the 5th...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that economic growth in rural communities was going to have to come from agriculture. Mr. Golding said tourism, mining nor other similar...

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....