The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is seeking to reduce the food importation bill from US$1 billion to US$700 million in the short to medium term. “We have targeted some...

In light of the prevailing drought affecting most parishes, farmers islandwide are being urged to utilize the National Irrigation Commission’s (NIC) water systems to irrigate their crops, instead of the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, has again called on Jamaicans to increase production, as this is the only way to move the country forward. “I am confident...

An Agricultural Committee for St. Elizabeth was launched on March 21 by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke. This Committee, comprising the 15 councillors in the parish, signals...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is training agriculture extension officers to combat the dreaded beet armyworm, which is affecting onions and escallion cultivation in South St. Elizabeth. The training...

Plans are far advanced for the Easter Monday, April 1, staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James. Some $3.25 million has been allocated for the event,...

Some 20 Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Extension Officers and Researchers at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries are to take part in a training workshop, geared at combating the...

Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) reveal that for the period January to November 2012, earnings from total exports were valued at US$1,524.7 million, an increase of US$34.8...

Some 500 farmers in and around the Accompong area of St. Elizabeth are to benefit from a Green House project, set up through a US$50,000 grant by the Global Environmental...

MONTEGO BAY - The country's agro-exporters are being encouraged to ensure that their packaging facilities are operating to international standards. Plant and Quarantine Manager at the Ministry of Agriculture and...

Local businesses now have increased knowledge, which will better enable them to deal with certain barriers to trade, particularly non-tariff measures (NTMs), following a survey conducted by the International Trade...