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The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has been charged with the responsibility of driving the integration of the production of primary agricultural produce along all the stages of the supply chain through to value added and facilitating full commercialization of outputs of the agriculture, manufacturing, and service sectors.

We have, therefore, placed much energy and enthusiasm into the development of this website to provide timely information on the Ministry, our agencies and programmes.

 


Hon. Floyd Green, MP

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining

Hon. Franklin Witter, MP, JP

Minister of State

Dermon Luke Spence, JP

Permanent Secretary
Research and Development Specialist with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Jamaica Spices (JaSPICE) Project Michelle Sherwood speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank.

JaSPICE Project Addressing Local Production Issues

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 31 Oct 2024   

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Jamaica Spices (JaSPICE) Project is making significant strides in addressing critical issues that will drive local production of ginger, turmeric and pimento.

The project, being implemented over the next five years, is geared towards revitalising the spice sector in Jamaica to meet existing export and domestic demands.

Research and Development Specialist on the JaSPICE project, Michelle Sherwood, emphasised the project’s commitment to innovation and collaboration at a recent JIS Think Tank.

“We partnered as a...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (seventh right), shares a moment with Clarendon farmers who have benefited from a donation of supplies from Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBML). Occasion was the handover of the items at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) parish office in Clarendon on Tuesday (October 29). He is joined by Principal Director of Technical Services at RADA, Winston Simpson (third left); and Managing Director of JBML, Donna Howe (sixth right).

More Assistance for Clarendon Farmers

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 31 Oct 2024   

Several Clarendon farmers have benefited from $1.5 million worth of agricultural inputs from the Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBML).

The items, which include farm tools, protective gear, productivity enhancers, insecticides, pesticides and spraying tools, were handed over by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) parish office in Clarendon on Tuesday (October 28).

The contribution forms part of initiatives under JBML’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programme, and is in support of...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (second right), along with (from left): Chief Executive Officer, Devenish Nutrition, Tony McEntee; Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Broilers (CB) Group, Matthew Lyn, and Minister of State in the Agriculture Ministry, Hon. Franklin Witter, examine poultry chicks during the commissioning of CB’s tropical broiler system at the company’s Hill Run Farms, ‘The Nest’, in St. Catherine on Friday (October 25).

Consumers Assured of Adequate Chicken Meat for Christmas

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 29 Oct 2024   

Consumers are being assured that there will be an adequate supply of chicken meat for the upcoming Christmas season.

This, according to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, who says the poultry sub-sector is rebounding from the fallout experienced in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl’s passage, just south of Jamaica on July 3.

He advised that the Ministry has been coordinating interventions with industry stakeholders, including providing chickens to hundreds of farmers to spur an early recovery in production.

“I want to assure people, based...

USDA Food for Progress Jamaica Spices (JaSPICE) Call for Application for Partnership

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 24 Oct 2024   

The ACDI/VOCA is pleased to announce the opening of its Annual Call for Applications (CFA) for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food for Progress Jamaica Spices (JaSPICE) project. This project seeks to work with value chain actors to upgrade the ginger, turmeric, and pimento values chains islandwide through its grants award process.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food for Progress Jamaica Spices (JaSPICE) project will support Jamaica’s goal of revitalizing the spice sector.

Please see below a link to the Call for Applications document, inclusive of...

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