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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, has emphasised the importance of adequate irrigation to the consistent and sustainable growth of agricultural production.
Noting that the country can no longer rely on rainfall only, Minister Hutchinson said that it is important that farmers understand and employ the necessary techniques to manage Jamaica’s water resources effectively.
He was speaking at an irrigation seminar organised by St. Jago Farm Supplies and Hardware in collaboration with Naandanjain...

Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; in discussion with (from left) Michael Donegan, farmer from Colbeck in St. Catherine; and Thomas Davidovich, Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Naandanjain Irrigation Company; at a St. Jago Farm & Hardware Supplies Ltd-hosted seminar on irrigation held on May 16 at Denbigh in Clarendon.

Thomas Davidovich (centre), Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Naandanjain Irrigation Company; explains use of irrigation equipment with (from left) O’Brien Johnson, Managing Director, St. Jago Farm & Hardware Hardware Supplies Ltd; Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and Colbeck farmers Edmond Harris and Sharon Donegan at a seminar on irrigation held at Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on May 16.

Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; in discussion with Emile Spence (left), president of the Colbeck Water Users Association in St. Catherine; at a seminar on irrigation held at Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on May 16. At right is O’Brien Johnson, Managing Director of St. Jago Farm & Hardware Supplies Ltd.

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with farmers at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17 at which 166 farmers from the communities of Windsor Forest, Ness Castle and Richmond Gap in St Thomas and Mavis Bank and Bloxburgh in St. Andrew received certificates in climate-smart land husbandry, following completion of a 13-week practical programme coordinated by the National Environment Planning Agency and facilitated by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; in conversation with Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority; at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17 at which 166 farmers from the communities of Windsor Forest, Ness Castle and Richmond Gap in St Thomas and Mavis Bank and Bloxburgh in St. Andrew received certificates in climate-smart land husbandry following completion of a 13-week practical programme coordinated by the National Environment Planning Agency and facilitated by...

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; addressing farmers at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17. Others from left are Patrice Gilpin, Communication Specialist, Integrated Management of the Yallahs and Hope Rivers Watershed Management Areas Project; and Ainsworth Carroll, Director of Planning, Projects, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Division, both of the National Environment and Planning Agency.

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; greets farmer Claudette McIntosh, member of the Bloxburgh group in St. Andrew at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17 at which 166 farmers from the communities of Windsor Forest, Ness Castle and Richmond Gap in St Thomas and Mavis Bank and Bloxburgh in St. Andrew received certificates in climate-smart land husbandry, following completion of a 13-week practical programme coordinated by the National Environment Planning Agency and facilitated by the Rural Agricultural Development...