The New Forest/Duff House Irrigation Society in Manchester staged their 2nd Annual Agricultural Expo on Thursday (April 16), showcasing produce from communities in the area. Chairman of the group, Simon...

Some 100 farmers from South St. Elizabeth and Manchester are to receive 1000-gallon polyethylene tanks, as Government seeks to increase farmers' access to irrigation water to boost agricultural production. The...

Tourejon Food Processors Jamaica Limited, located at the Denbigh Industrial Estate, Clarendon, is one company that is helping to increase domestic food crops, while contributing to technology transfer. They received...

Over 260 Jamaicans departed for Canada and the United States, today (April 15) to join the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's (MLSS) Overseas Employment Programme, as farm workers. About...

The Coffee Industry Board (CIB), is recruiting some 3,000 new coffee farmers, as the Government moves to resuscitate the production of non-Blue Mountain Coffee. At a meeting held with farmers...

Minister of Agriculture Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that greater emphasis is now being placed on marketing in the agricultural sector, with the establishment of a marketing unit in the...

It is no surprise that 19-year-old St. Elizabeth 4-H Clubbite, Whitney Smith, is an admirer of parishioner, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton. She credits the Minister with the...

Thirty-five 4-H Clubs in St. Mary participated in the Annual St. Mary 4-H Achievement Day activities, held at the Oracabessa High School, on April 7. The function, which featured a...

Minister of Agriculture Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the Government would be accelerating the Youth in Agriculture Programme this year, including providing young people with land for farming and...

Some $5.4 million has been set aside in the 2009/2010 budget, for monitoring and consultancy related to a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) loan to the Jamaican Government, to fund a...

Councillors in the Trelawny Parish Council, will give up 5% percent of their salary to a needy cause within the parish, in keeping with Prime Minister Bruce Golding's call for...