Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has said that the growth and development of the country's agricultural sector was critical in stemming rural under-development. "Many of the social ills now experienced...

Land and Agriculture Minister, Roger Clarke yesterday (May 3) unveiled several strategies to enhance rural development, among them the implementation of a $700 million rural diversification programme. The Minister, who...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land, through its Apiculture Unit, is on a drive to increase honey production by 50,000 gallons by 2008 to augment the 131,000 gallons produced in...

Twenty-eight apprentice beekeepers recently graduated from a training programme in apiculture having benefited from a $2.9 million investment in the sector by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land. The Apiculture...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of the Land Development and Utilization Commission, and the Advisory Board to the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). Both bodies are associated with the...

A pilot project of tagging and providing a 'passport' for animals in the cattle industry, to prevent praedial larceny as well as diseases, has been progressing smoothly since its introduction...

As the campaign against praedial larceny gains momentum islandwide, members of the farming community in Portland are strengthening their co-operation with the Police to eliminate the problem in the parish....

The historic Holland Bamboo Avenue in St. Elizabeth is being given a face-lift, by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Ministry of Agriculture and the National Environment and Planning Agency...

Approximately 85 hectares of tree crops such as ackee, sour sop, breadfruit and june plum were planted in Hanover last year, under the Ministry of Agriculture's Fruit Tree Crop Programme....

The Research and Development Division (RDD) of the Ministry of Agriculture has put measures in place to eradicate three of the pests and viruses, which affect hot pepper, a non-traditional...

Plans are in high gear for the 19th staging of the St. Mary Agri Expo, which is slated for April 16 and 17 at James Bond Beach. The annual show,...