LASCO’s REAP Initiative Lauded

The Government is set to launch an agriculture development fund. This to ensure that adequate funding is in place to carry out the necessary infrastructure works to develop the sector. Stick around to find out more about the plans for the fund on today’s edition of Calling Farmers.

Farmers! Changes are coming to the farm road rehabilitation programme. The new structure will ensure roads in farming communities are upgraded with greater transparency and accountability. We tell you more about the changes on today’s edition of Calling Farmers.

The government has announced plans to increase fines under the agricultural produce act to combat the long standing issue of praedial larceny. We tell you more about it on today’s edition of calling farmers.

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has announced plans to make the agriculture sector more attractive to young Jamaicans. We tell you more about the plans on today’s edition of Calling Farmers.

The decriminalization of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes has created a number of opportunities for small farmers to participate in this growing industry. On today’s edition of calling farmers, we hear from Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroons, Ferron Williams as well Timeless Herbal Care about the Cannabis Licensing Authority’s recently launched pilot project.

The Cannabis Licensing Authority has signed an agreement as part of a pilot project geared at getting more small farmers into the medical marijuana industry. The first pilot will be launched in Accompong, St Elizabeth. We tell you more on today’s edition of calling farmers.