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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), looks at sweet peppers and cherry tomatoes being shown to him by farmers Kerise Mighty (second right) and Charles Townsend (right), during a tour of the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project at Content in Williamsfield, Manchester on July 22. Also looking on (from left) are Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Country Manager, World Bank, Lilia Burunciuc; and the World Bank's Resident Representative for Jamaica and Guyana, Ozan Sevimli. The Content project is benefiting from support under JSIF’s Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI II).
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), looks at sweet peppers and cherry tomatoes being shown to him by farmers Kerise Mighty (second right) and Charles Townsend (right), during a tour of the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project at Content in Williamsfield, Manchester on July 22. Also looking on (from left) are Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Country Manager, World Bank, Lilia Burunciuc; and the World Bank's Resident Representative for Jamaica and Guyana, Ozan Sevimli. The Content project is benefiting from support under JSIF’s Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI II).

Minister Green Urges Farmers to Utilise Climate Smart Technology

By: Barbara Ellington, July 24, 2021
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging farmers to utilise more climate-smart technology and practices in order to minimise crop loss from more frequent and extreme weather events.   He said that as a small island developing state, Jamaica...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaks at the virtual launch of the GraceKennedy (GK) Weather Protect insurance product on Tuesday (July 20), which was broadcast from the Ministry's Hope Gardens location in St. Andrew. The policy will provide insurance coverage for farmers and fisherfolk impacted by adverse weather events.

Agriculture Minister Welcomes Insurance For Farmers

By: Alecia Smith, July 21, 2021
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), with St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour, Saboto Caesar (left), on day one of the inaugural CanEx Psychedelics Summit, at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 15.

Protocols in Place for ‘Magic Mushrooms’

By: Nickieta Sterling, July 18, 2021

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green. (File Photo)
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Plantain Pilot Project Launched

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, in collaboration with the Banana Board, has launched a Plantain Pilot Project (PPP), which aims to establish 10 hectares (25 acres) of irrigated plantain...
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By: Rochelle Williams, June 23, 2021