Two new hybrid disease-resistant varieties of tomatoes, the Summer Star and Striker, were unveiled at the Ministry of Agriculture's research station at Bodles, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (February24). Their development...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a Commission to review, enquire and make recommendations as to changes, if any, to the current regulatory, institutional and pricing arrangements in the sugar...

A yam packaging facility was officially opened at Wait-A-Bit, in South Trelawny, by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, on February 22. The building, which was refurbished...

Pepper farmers in St. Elizabeth stand to benefit from the establishment of a hot pepper processing facility in Hounslow in the parish. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris, has said that the organisation is providing a range of support programmes and services to the country's farmers, which are geared...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that his Ministry will give agricultural shows the support they need to represent the efforts of farmers and project the...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the Government would be reviewing the land use policy this year, in an effort to support and strengthen...

Opposition Senator, Norman Grant, wants a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) involving Government, Opposition and the farming sector to ensure sustained national focus and budgetary support for the growth and development...

Resident of Kingston 13, Mr. Michael Murray, is not allowing the current global recession to stop him from eating healthy, so he has heeded the advice of the Government by...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that his Ministry will be seeking to engage farmers and land owners in putting their arable lands into optimum...

Agriculture continues to outperform other industries, showing 20.5 per cent real growth for the October to December quarter of 2009. Acting Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ),...