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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the National Youth in Agriculture Policy is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.
Addressing the annual accountability seminar and cocktail reception of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 4, Mr. Green gave an assurance that “we’re going to get it done”.
The National Youth in Agriculture Policy and implementation plan will be carried out over a 10-year period at a cost...

State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), raises a toast with Country Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, at the annual accountability seminar and cocktail reception, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 4.

State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), congratulates the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) first- place Youth in Agribusiness awardee for 2019, Kemoy McKenzie, at IICA’s annual accountability seminar and cocktail reception, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 4. At centre is IICA’s Carlene Walker.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling on farmers to write formal letters with requests for road repairs in their communities.

Speaking at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Thursday (December 5) in Kingston, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said these letters must be sent to the Parish Manager of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA).

“That Manager will then take the requests to the Parish Advisory Board where they will then look at it and do their due diligence from the data that they...