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Representatives from the Banana Board are assisted by students of the Spring Gardens All Age School in the making of banana chips during the recently held Spring Gardens All Age School expo, which focused on the banana plant under the theme ‘From the Root to the Shoot’.
Representatives from the Banana Board are assisted by students of the Spring Gardens All Age School in the making of banana chips during the recently held Spring Gardens All Age School expo, which focused on the banana plant under the theme ‘From the Root to the Shoot’.

Banana Board Encourages Value-Added Production

By: Andrine Davidson, June 9, 2014
The Banana Board is encouraging stakeholders in the industry to pursue initiatives that will produce value-added goods and provide more significant returns on investment. General Manager of the Banana Board...
President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, addressing the launch of the annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, on Wednesday, June 4, at ACE Supercentre, in White Marl, St. Catherine.

Denbigh Promises Exciting 2014 Package

By: Garfield L. Angus, June 7, 2014
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (left): along with: Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Hunger Foundation (CHF), Stewart Hardacre (2nd left; North East Manchester Member of Parliament, Audley Shaw (2nd right); and Counsellor and Head, Development Cooperation, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) office in Jamaica, Marie Legault, discuss potatoes from the Christiana Potato Growers Cooperative Association (CPGCA) storage facility, Coleyville, Manchester. following Tuesday’s (June 3) launch of the CHF’s $2 billion (C$20 million) six-year ‘Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages’ (PROPEL) agricultural initiative.

Local Farmers to Benefit from Canadian Hunger Foundation Project

By: Douglas McIntosh, June 5, 2014

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New Irrigation Systems for Agro-Parks

Cabinet has approved two contracts valued at $280.5 million to establish new irrigation systems at the Ebony Park and Spring Plain Agro-Parks in Clarendon. The contracts have been awarded to...
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By: Andrea Braham, May 29, 2014