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St. Ann 4H Club Assistant Secretary Sonia Tucker (right) and Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer Natsumi Nagarmura (second from right), gives Secretary at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Ann branch, Marie Richards and her daughter Julisan Richards, an over view of products at their booth. Occasion was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium which was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on Friday (February 25).
St. Ann 4H Club Assistant Secretary Sonia Tucker (right) and Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer Natsumi Nagarmura (second from right), gives Secretary at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Ann branch, Marie Richards and her daughter Julisan Richards, an over view of products at their booth. Occasion was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium which was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on Friday (February 25).

Strengthening Tourism And Agriculture Links In St. Ann

By: Serena Grant, February 28, 2022
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on (Friday) February 25. The event was spearheaded by...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Chief Executive Officer for Central Jamaica Social Development Initiative (CJSDI) Damion Young, are pictured on a tour during a farmer training session and handing over of a greenhouse at the Epping Forest Missionary Church, Epping Forest, Manchester on Thursday (February 24). The greenhouse was provided through Natural Infrastructure for Forest Reserve to the Epping Farmer’s group. The CJSDI, a non-government organisation operating across Manchester and Clarendon, has embarked on a series of training interventions targeting some 300 farmers. This is being done in partnership with the Natural Infrastructure for Forest Reserve, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Caribbean Chemicals, Newport Fersan, and the Forestry Department over a three-month period.

PHOTOS: Farmer Training

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), examines a stock of Red Poll Cattle with Public Relations Officer of the Cattle Breeders Society of Jamaica, Erwin Gayle, during a cattle appraisal exercise at Bengal Farms, near Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on Thursday (February 24).

High-Quality Breeding Stock Of Jamaica Red Poll Will Be Maintained – Charles Jr.

By: Nickieta Sterling, February 25, 2022

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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), sits in the driver’s seat of one of the buses that were officially commissioned into service at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Overseas Employment Services Centre in downtown Kingston today (February 24). Others (from right) are Transport Manager at the Ministry, Ricardo Nelson and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic.
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108 Farmworkers Leave For Canada

A total of 108 seasonal agricultural workers left the island today (February 24) for Canada, to take up employment in Ontario and its environs. The customary send-off ceremony was held...
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By: Latonya Linton, February 25, 2022