A rainwater harvesting project, to benefit some 300 farmers in the bread basket parish of St. Elizabeth, was launched on March 15 by the National Irrigation Commission (NIC). The $4.5...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, is again urging farmers to register with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in order to strengthen the Ministry’s efforts to curb farm...

Jamaica is among more than 130 countries which have benefitted from upwards of US$20 million in project grant funding from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Telefood Special...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, is urging greater banana and cocoa outputs from St. Mary, one of the country’s prime regions that produces these crops. Speaking at the...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has embarked on two $42 million ginger and turmeric projects, aimed at, among other things, enhancing development and outputs through the cultivation of some...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, said the Ministry intends to strengthen its programmes aimed at ensuring the safety of food from production through to consumption.  “By...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, said that increasing production and consumption of local produce is a top priority of government, as it looks to reign in imports...

Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, is calling on all farmers to get registered, noting that this is one of the most effective ways to ensure the success of the Agricultural...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has re-launched the Agricultural Produce Receipt Book Programme in an effort to curb the nagging problem of praedial larceny. Under the initiative, all registered...

The new wage agreement for workers within the sugar industry was on Feb. 23 signed between the Sugar Producers’ Federation and trade union groups representing employees. The agreement will see...

More than 4,000 of the island’s coffee farmers are to benefit from a $29 million grant being provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke,...