The Government is investing $200 million in the national Irish potato and onion programme, to increase the hectares under production and to improve yields of these crops. The sum of...

Farmers in St. Thomas are being lauded for their significant strides in onion production, which has considerably surpassed the national yield. Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., noted...

Some $20 million has so far been issued to the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for a special incentive programme for land preparation....

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has received two backhoes from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to provide services to farming communities in St. Thomas and Westmoreland. The units,...

Budding Farmers Jamaica, the newest Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries-endorsed initiative to promote farming among children, has successfully staged its first in-person Summer Grow Camp, two years after executing the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has welcomed the price cut by Best Dressed Chicken and is anticipating a domino effect across the sector. The company has reduced...

Jamaica’s spice industry is to be amplified by a US$20-million grant from the United States (US), through its Department of Agriculture, over the course of five years. The grant will...

Described as Jamaica’s ‘most exceptional community 4-H Club’, the Lauriston/Thompson Pen Club has crowned its prince, princess, king and queen for 2022, as the group marks its 25th anniversary. In...