The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) will be offering degree and diploma programmes in agriculture starting August 2016. The announcement was made by Dean of the College of Natural and Applied...

The banana industry is rebounding and generating employment in the parishes of St. James, Portland and St. Mary. According to Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...

Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) has been endorsed as one of the projects that will transform agriculture in Jamaica, by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...

The Government is seeking to forge a partnership with local entity Caribbean Cable Company (CCC), to source tools and equipment for small farmers. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of...

Introductory Remarks  Speaker, it is my task today to close the Sectoral Debate for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017, and the first for this new administration. I am, indeed, honoured to...

Some $800 million will be spent to rehabilitate 80 kilometres of cane roads in sugar-producing parishes, under the Sugar Transformation Programme. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government will take decisive action to tackle the issue of crime. “We must amend our laws to put...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government will be moving to tackle the problem of imported refined sugar for use in the manufacturing sector,...