The St. Ann branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has embarked on a farmer re-verification programme in the parish. Branch Manager of RADA, Pedro Worghs told JIS News...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, will pay a two-day official visit to Washington from September 10 to 11. The Minister, who is visiting Washington on the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that his Ministry will co-operate fully with the Office of the Contractor-General (OCG) in investigating procurement practices at the...

The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID) of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, on Tuesday (September 1), destroyed some 25 tonnes of rice which was shipped...

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...