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Director General at the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Peter Thompson.
Director General at the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Peter Thompson.

JACRA Wants More Certified Coffee Testers

By: Sherika Hall, January 26, 2023
The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) is encouraging more persons to take advantage of instruction offered through its Coffee Training Institute to become certified to evaluate coffee quality. The...
Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson, addresses a Think Tank held on Tuesday (January 24) at the JIS head office in Kingston.

RADA to Begin ISO Resensitisation Mid-February

By: TWILA WHEELAN, January 24, 2023
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (standing, right,) looks on as Chief Executive Officer of Home Grown Produce, David Young (seated, right) and Cascade Community Farmers Group member, Thelma Watson (seated, centre), display a signed contract, during an Agri-Business Symposium on January 19 at the Tropics View Hotel in Manchester. Others sharing the moment (from left) are Davis Town Farmers Group member, Juliet Taylor; Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Manchester Parish Manager, Winston Miller; and Angella Walker from the Cascade Community Farmers Group.

PHOTOS: Minister Charles Jr. Attends Agri-Business Symposium

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The dairy barn at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station in St. Catherine.
Agriculture

Local Animal Feed Manufacturing Continues

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is assuring that the manufacturing of animal feed continues in sufficient quantities, utilising available inventories of raw material. This assurance comes against the background...
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By: Twila Wheelan, December 28, 2022
Acting Senior Director in the Agricultural Land Management Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pamella McKenzie.
Agriculture

Farmers Invited to Become Soil Doctors

Local farmers are being invited to join the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ ‘Global Soil Doctors Programme’ to increase agricultural output. Soil Doctors are farmers who are provided with technical...
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By: Mickella Anderson, December 21, 2022