The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has disbursed grants totaling some $51 million, to approximately 300 ex-sugar workers who have been displaced by the restructuring of the local industry. The...

A unique programme to take Caribbean food and drink on a culinary tour across the United Kingdom (UK), was launched in London, yesterday (March 9), at a special ceremony, held...

Women continue to come together and pool resources to establish cottage industries and other worthwhile projects, to empower themselves and forge ahead in the male-dominated business world. One such profitable...

The Clarendon-based Ebony Park HEART Academy on Friday (March 5) unveiled its agro eco-tourism project, which is a combination of nature and farm-related activities to attract locals and visitors to...

Equipment valued at some $50 million has been made available to farmers, as part of measures to kick start the mechanisation process within the agricultural sector. The equipment, funded by...

Cabinet recently approved the mandate for the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJH) to conduct negotiations with interested parties who had submitted unsolicited proposals with respect to the divestment...

The 2010 National Secondary Schools' Food and Nutrition Quiz, which aims to enhance and promote food, nutrition and healthy lifestyle in schools and communities, was officially launched at the Ministry...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Donavan Stanberry, has called on agricultural training institutions to focus on areas that will put the sector on a sustainable...

The Portland Parish Development Committee (PDC) has embarked on a number of strategies aimed at revitalizing its operations, and improving its effectiveness in pursuing the mandate to serve the people...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, said that Government was pursuing a number of initiatives for young people to pursue a successful career in agriculture. Responding to a caller on...

Banker Aubyn Hill has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited, which manages the remaining Government-owned sugar estates- Frome, Monymusk and...