The Government is to complete the procurement of 200 goat embryos for assisted breeding this fiscal year, to improve the quality and efficiency of the small ruminant industry. A sum...

A total of 60 gravity drip irrigation systems are to be installed and commissioned this fiscal year, to improve agricultural outcomes in targeted communities. A sum of $110.4 million has...

The capacity of the island’s vulnerable communities to improve their resilience to climate change and other risk factors has been further boosted with an allocation of $19.6 million. As outlined...

A pilot project to reap a minimum of 300 hectares of sugar cane using green harvesting techniques is to be implemented by September 30, 2016. This activity is to be...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda says the Ministry has installed several Automated Weather Stations (AWS), in major crop producing areas. These, he said, are of...

With Jamaica near self-sufficiency in Irish potato production, the country is imparting its knowledge and techniques to other Caribbean countries. A 26-member delegation from Guyana, St. Lucia, and Dominica recently...

Mafoota farmer, Grace Smith, has dedicated her life to agriculture. For almost four decades, she has been cultivating crops for the local market on her seven and a half-acre farm...

As part of efforts to strengthen the agricultural sector, the Government will be acquiring durable equipment from Cuba, while also relying on the expertise they have developed in Greenhouse technology....