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June 2025
 

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), greets Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Michael Pryce (left), and Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence, at a staff meeting at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on September 17.

New Agriculture Minister says innovation and technology to play role in Ministry’s work and agricultural sector

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 21 Sep 2020    nicola.wint   
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says innovation and technology will play a critical role in executing the work of the Ministry and, by extension, the development of the agricultural sector. “If we have an Agriculture Ministry that is at the cutting-edge in technology, technology management, data management and mining and using that data to guide its decisions, then the agriculture sector will be a far advanced sector,” he said. The Minister was addressing the Ministry’s staff at its Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on September 17. He urged staff...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw.

JSWIFT to Become Much Swifter

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 18 Sep 2020    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the Honourable Audley Shaw is assuring importers and exporters that the Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT), will shortly become more expeditious as the backlog of applications is now being eroded by the Trade Board Limited. The JSWIFT platform is a web-based solution available to traders that allows importers and exporters to apply for licences, permits, certificates and any other international trade-related documents through a single portal. The system serves as a means of improving connectivity thereby facilitating the exchange of...


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100 farmers to benefit from $3.6-million project

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 18 Sep 2020    nicola.wint   
Some 100 farmers from five parishes across the island are to benefit from the distribution of 70,000 vegetable seedlings and fruit trees under the second phase of the Agri Resilience Response to COVID Project, valued at $3.6 million. The parishes are Kingston, St. Andrew, Clarendon, St. Ann and Portland. Under the project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and funded by United Way of Jamaica, the farmers will receive hot pepper, sweet pepper, tomato, cucumber and carrot seedlings. Fruit trees being distributed will include lime, mango and avocado. The...


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Jamaica celebrates World Bamboo Day on September 18

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 18 Sep 2020    nicola.wint   
Jamaica, through the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), will join the rest of the world on September 18 in commemorating World Bamboo Day 2020. World Bamboo Day aims to increase awareness of bamboo throughout the world and is a day to celebrate the many and varied benefits that growing, processing and using bamboo bring to the millions of people involved with it. According to Director of the BSJ’s Special Projects Unit, INBAR Focal Point, Gladstone Rose, the World Bamboo Organization aims to bring the potential of bamboo to a more elevated exposure, protect natural resources and the...


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Dasheen farmer, Damion Kerr, displays dasheen reaped at his farm at the Ebony Park Agro-Park in Clarendon on September 10.

Dasheen farmer says youth involvement in agriculture critical to economic recovery post COVID-19

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 11 Sep 2020    nicola.wint   
For 30-year-old dasheen farmer, Damion Kerr, more youth involvement in agriculture will be critical for Jamaica’s economic recovery in a post COVID-19 environment. “If more young people get into agriculture it will be better for our society because this will result in even more increased agricultural production. Agriculture has also become more modern and the youth are interested in utilizing technology,” he said. Mr Kerr hails from the parish of Clarendon and lives about a mile away from his acre-and-a-half farm, which is located at the Ebony Park Agro-Park. He is one of 230 farmers across...


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