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Agriculture Specialist, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Vincent Thompson.
Agriculture Specialist, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Vincent Thompson.

Drip Irrigation Project Targeting Food Security

By: Rochelle Williams, December 27, 2016
The Government is moving to safeguard Jamaica’s food security against the impact of climate change through the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) drip irrigation project. Agricultural Specialist with the Jamaica...

SRC to Produce More Disease-Free Planting Material

By: Alecia Smith, December 21, 2016

JAS President Upbeat That Christmas Demand Will Be Met

By: Rochelle Williams, December 21, 2016

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson. (FILE)
Agriculture

Training for Bee Farmers

To strengthen the apiculture industry to respond to climate change and associated challenges, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries provided specialised training for 14 beekeepers and eight staff...
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By: Glenis A. Rose, December 13, 2016
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson. (FILE)
Agriculture

Bee Farmers Commended

Members of the Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society have been commended for their steadfastness and devotion to apiculture over the past five years. Addressing the third annual general meeting of...
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By: Glenis A. Rose, December 11, 2016
President, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant (centre), admires a piece of pumpkin during the 13th anniversary of the Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in Kingston, today (November 25). Others (from left) farmer Lascelles Simmond; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn; Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and 2016 National Farm Queen, Safiya Clennon.
Agriculture

Food-Import Bill Trending Down

Jamaica’s food import bill continues its downward trend, with data indicating that there was a 0.7 per cent reduction or US$2.4 million for the period January to May 2016. This...
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By: Chris Patterson, November 26, 2016