Operations are well underway at the satellite centre that will provide support to the Centre of Excellence for Advanced Technology in Agriculture. Special Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture Dr....

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has called on Jamaicans living in Canada to invest in Jamaica's agriculture and food processing sectors,...

The Ministry of Agriculture is to launch a series of manuals, aimed at strengthening the role of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), in effectively providing technical support for the...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) complement of extension officers has been increased, with the addition of 60 new appointees. The number brings to 120, the complement of RADA officers,...

Twenty farmers from Seven Rivers in St. James are benefitting from a $3 million project, which is aimed at strengthening production standards and post-harvesting techniques and improving marketing opportunities. The...

The 2009 Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show, staged annually at the Montpelier showground, in St. James, is scheduled for Easter Monday (April 13). The show, staged annually by the Jamaica...

Residents of Clarendon are to benefit from the establishment of an Export Centre and Business Information Point office, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) base on the Denbigh Show...

A programme specifically designed to attract young people to agriculture, is to be implemented by the Government, shortly. The Young Farmers Programme will involve young persons, aged 18-35 years, and...

More than 30 persons drawn from several communities in Eastern St. Thomas, attended a two-day beekeeping workshop on March 17 and 18, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) parish...

About 40 farmers in the Buff Bay Valley area of Portland are to benefit from a $35.6 million agro-tourism project, which is intended to re-energize farming and create sustainable livelihoods...

The extension service provided by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has been boosted with the addition of 40 extension officers over the past two weeks. Minister of Agriculture, Dr....