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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), along with (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; Policy Officer, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Stefano Cilli; Chairman, Sugar Industry Authority, Phillip Henriques, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, July 16. The aim of the meeting was to seek Jamaica’s support on the European Union Reform Proposal in preparation for the International Sugar Organization Council Meeting to be held at the Broadland...

From left, Rotary Club Past President David Dobson, Hon Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Past President Roy Holness in dialogue at the Rotary Club of Spanish Town Installation Dinner & Awards Ceremony held at Four Seasons Hotel in St. Andrew on July 17.

Newly installed President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Gail Dixon, presents a gift to the Hon Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Rotary Club of Spanish Town Installation Dinner & Awards Ceremony, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Andrew on July 17. In the background is Rotary International Deputy District Governor, Beverley Miller.

State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), makes a point to Managing Director of Everything Fresh, Courtney Pullen (right), at a joint annual general meeting of the Jamaica Red Poll Cattle Breeders Society and Jamaica Black Cattle Breeders Society at the Minard Estate in St. Ann on July 17. Listening in is member of the Jamaica Red Poll Cattle breeders Society, José DeSousa.

State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), presents Chairman of the Jamaica Red Poll Cattle Breeders Society, Martin Hopwood, with a brochure entitled ’Conservation of Jamaica’s Cattle Breeds' during a joint annual general meeting of the Jamaica Red Poll Cattle Breeders Society and Jamaica Black Cattle Breeders Society at the Minard Estate in St. Ann on July 17. At right is Jamaica Red Poll Cattle Breeders Society member, Dr. Karl Wellington.

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is conducting an assessment of the impact of drought on major farming communities across the island.
“Right now, we have to be trucking water to farmers in Manchester, St. Elizabeth, St. Mary and St. Ann,” said Peter Thompson, RADA Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Mr. Thompson was speaking at a stakeholder’s breakfast meeting for the 10th annual Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GRAS) conference, at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Chelsea Avenue in Kingston on July 19.
The conference, which is to be held from...