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Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), signs an agreement to provide grant funding of $12.2 million to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Waiting to afix his signature to the document, is Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right). Also pictured at the head table (from left) are State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Luther Buchanan and CASE Board Chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven. The agreement was signed during a ceremony at the school's Passley Gardens location in Portland on Friday (Jan. 30).
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), signs an agreement to provide grant funding of $12.2 million to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Waiting to afix his signature to the document, is Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right). Also pictured at the head table (from left) are State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Luther Buchanan and CASE Board Chairman, Ambassador Derrick Heaven. The agreement was signed during a ceremony at the school's Passley Gardens location in Portland on Friday (Jan. 30).

Government Provides $12.2 Million in Grant Funding to CASE

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, January 31, 2015
The Government has provided $12.2 million in grant funding to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) to renovate its Dairy Unit. Making the announcement, Minister of Agriculture, Labour...
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier addressing the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited official launching ceremony for the 2014/2015 sugar cane crop, held at the Frome Estate in Westmoreland, on January 29.

Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Lauded for Upgrading Frome Factory

By: Glenis A. Rose, January 30, 2015
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), along with Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Tasake (left), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF), Vitus Evans, view photos of farming equipment donated by the Japanese Government to the West Indian Sea Island Cotton (WISIC) industry. The equipment, valued at $11 million, was officially handed over at a ceremony at the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) on Winchester Road, in Kingston, on January 27.

5,000 Acres of Cotton Could be Planted Within Four Years

By: Athaliah Baker, January 28, 2015

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