The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is seeking private sector funding for the development of a 1,000-acre coffee farm as part of efforts to boost production of the crop. Board Chairman,...

With the recent implementation of the "One Stop Shop" Import Export Inspection Centre, plans are now afoot to implement a Food Safety Agency to consolidate the work of the seven...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw says agriculture, and agro-industry in particular, must be a critical part of the replacement industry for bauxite. "It's not to say...

The crowning of the National Farm Queen will be among the main attractions at the 57th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the agricultural sector has been responding positively and filling the void left by a fallout in other industries....

Several peanut farmers in St. Elizabeth benefitted from a recent training seminar, hosted by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, at the Warminster peanut factory in the parish. Presenter at the seminar,...

Thousands of Jamaican farmers are to be exposed to best practices in agricultural production and available marketing opportunities through the inaugural staging of the Production and Marketing Organisation (PMO) conference...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to implement and drive the 'crop targeting' process, where crops are identified...

Cabinet has approved divestment of two factories owned by the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) - St. Thomas Sugar Company (formerly Duckenfield) and the Trelawny Sugar Company - to private...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is reporting an increase in crop production in Manchester. Deputy RADA Parish Manager, Samuel Harris, said that more than 4,253 hectares of crop were...

In a time of global recession and personal financial hardships, there are still some people, who continue to give generously, for the benefit of others. One such person is 87-year...