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Chairman of the National Irish Potato Programme, Donald Robinson, (4th left) and a group of farmers inspect an Irish potato farm in Hinds Town, St. Mary.
Chairman of the National Irish Potato Programme, Donald Robinson, (4th left) and a group of farmers inspect an Irish potato farm in Hinds Town, St. Mary.

Irish Potato Programme on Track

The National Irish Potato Programme (NIPP) is reporting that more than 1,400 tonnes of Irish potato have been reaped from 142 hectares of farm land, over the past six months. This, as the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries continues to...
Chairman of the National Irish Potato Programme, Donald Robinson, (4th left) and a group of farmers inspect an Irish potato farm in Hinds Town, St. Mary.
Chairman of the National Irish Potato Programme, Donald Robinson, (4th left) and a group of farmers inspect an Irish potato farm in Hinds Town, St. Mary.

Jamaica on Track to Satisfy Irish Potato Needs
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), greets a farmer, who attended the launch of the Irish Potato Programme for the crop year 2013/14, at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in S. Andrew on October 26. Others (seated from 2nd left) are: with Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton; and Deputy Chairman of RADA, Dr. Andre Gordon.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), greets a farmer, who attended the launch of the Irish Potato Programme for the crop year 2013/14, at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in S. Andrew on October 26. Others (seated from 2nd left) are: with Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton; and Deputy Chairman of RADA, Dr. Andre Gordon.

Minister Clarke Launches 2013/14 Irish Potato Programme