Having a system to catch and store water is critical to the success of any farm. Without ready access to water you can lose both your crops and your investment. One of the best ways of securing water for your farm is by installing a rainwater harvesting system. Listen to this edition of Calling Farmers to find out how to...

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries developing protocols to prevent cross pollination of hemp and local marijuana as it seeks to protect Jamaica’s budding cannabis industry. We tell you more on today’s edition of calling farmers.

Mango farmers are now optimistic about the revival of the sector, following the successful export of the fruit to the United States earlier this year. We tell you more on today’s edition of calling farmers.

School breakfast programme officially launched in St Elizabeth and 2000 acres of land allocated to grow produce for the programme. We tell you more on today’s edition of calling farmers.

47 farmers in Flagaman St Elizabeth have received close to 50 million dollars worth of relief supplies from the Government. We tell you all about it on today’s edition of calling farmers.

Jamaica’s hotel sector is growing and with that comes more markets for farmers to sell produce. The Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to move the process along by calling on hotels to use more local produce in their restaurants. Listen to today’s edition of calling farmers.

Government to spend an additional 200 million dollars to transport the 2019/20 sugarcane crop to the Worthy Park and Appleton Estate. We tell you all about it on today’s edition of Calling Farmers.

Drip irrigation has changed the way Jamaican farmers water their crops. And farmers in Cascade, St Ann are among the latest to receive drip irrigation and water harvesting equipment courtesy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). We share how the equipment has impacted the residents on today’s edition of calling farmers.