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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, bumps fists with participants in the Budding Farmers Summer Grow Camp during a visit to the camp, which was held recently in Kingston. The camp catered to children aged three to 12 and introduced them to techniques of farming.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, bumps fists with participants in the Budding Farmers Summer Grow Camp during a visit to the camp, which was held recently in Kingston. The camp catered to children aged three to 12 and introduced them to techniques of farming.

Successful Summer Grow Camp Staged by Budding Farmers Jamaica

By: MICKELLA ANDERSON, August 18, 2022
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 cut in chicken price by $12.50 per kilo by Best Dressed Chicken.

Agriculture Minister Welcomes Chicken Price Cut

By: TWILA WHEELAN, August 18, 2022
The Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club’s 2022 royalty are, (from left), Prince, Raheem Smith; King, Naquan Allen; Queen, Toni-Ann Dean; and Princess, Nyoka Dockery. The winners were crowned and sashed in an official 25th anniversary ceremony at the Shiloh Apostolic Church in Spanish Town on Saturday (August 13).

Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club Crowns 2022 Royalty

By: MICKELLA ANDERSON, August 15, 2022

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Chief Executive Officer at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy (right), speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (July 21). Listening is Senior Director of Research in the Aquaculture Branch at the NFA, Mr. DeHaan Brown.
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Learn More about Tilapia at Denbigh

Jamaicans will be able to purchase Tilapia and Oyster products at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon, from July 30 to August 1. This, as the National...
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By: TWILA WHEELAN, July 21, 2022
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Franklin Witter (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Orville Palmer (right), in discussion with Rae Town Fishing Village fisher, Desroy Finley, at the recent International Fisherman’s Day Symposium, at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon.
Fisheries

Sargassum Project Being Explored

The Government is taking steps to mitigate the effects of the brown seaweed known as sargassum, a source of discomfort for fishers and swimmers who use some of the affected...
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By: MICKELLA ANDERSON, July 12, 2022