Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is committed to providing assistance to farmers in the parishes most affected by a reduction in rainfall.
The parishes are St. Thomas, St. Mary, Portland, St. Elizabeth, Manchester, Clarendon and Kingston and St. Andrew.
In remarks delivered on his behalf by Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Courtney Cole, at the 23rd staging of Agrofest, the Minister assured that a data collection process is being undertaken by field officers at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (...