Work is proceeding smoothly on the Pedro Plains irrigation project in St. Elizabeth for which Prime Minister P.J. Patterson broke ground in January of 2005. The project forms part of...

The Ministry of Agriculture has given its support to the development of the local organic agriculture sector through an investment of $20 million in the National Organic Agriculture Enhancement Project...

Farmers have been encouraged to make better use of modern technology, so as to obtain better yields. Speaking yesterday (November 29) at a special agricultural expo and field day for...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is reporting that it does not foresee an extensive shortage of vegetables and pulses, in light of the recent rains, which has caused problems in...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), in its preliminary release, has reported that crops valued at $9.37 million were destroyed as a result of the recent heavy rains and flooding....

A large crowd turned up at the Ministry of Agriculture's Hope Gardens headquarters in Kingston this morning (Sept. 29) for the one-day exposition highlighting the country's food safety and food...

Ask Roy Kennedy, a 65-year old life-time tenant farmer from Manchester what it is like to be actively engaged in agriculture and he will say "it is a very trying...

The parish of Trelawny is about to engage in a goat upgrading project which should see a number of farmers benefiting under the agricultural development programme being carried out by...

Bee farmers, who qualify under the Beekeeping Revolving Loan Programme, will begin receiving the funds as early as the next two weeks. Under the programme, established bee farmers will receive...

Persons illegally importing honey into the island are being warned to desist, or face confiscation of their goods under the Beekeeping Act. According to Reginald Peddy, Chief Apiculture Officer in...

Thirty young men and women will begin a period of apprenticeship this month under the Ministry of Agriculture's $3.5 million Beekeeping Apprenticeship Programme, geared at providing employment opportunities for those...