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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says praedial larceny continues to be a growing concern, and that there will be a zero-tolerance approach going forward and that offenders can expect to face the full brunt of the law.

The Minister, in pointing to a number of high-profile arrests in recent weeks involving the theft and recovery of livestock, tells JIS News that praedial larceny is one of the leading ills facing the farming sector.

“It is just plain wrong and immoral for farmers to put their all… hard-earned money and loans… into planting and nurturing...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is taking steps to make the process of getting land titles easier for farmers.

“The land-titling issue is a massive one. We passed some laws at the end of our last administration to make it easier for persons to get titles; what we have to do now is put them into action,” Mr. Green told farmers in attendance at the Ministry’s Listening Tour stop at the Lucea Anglican Church in Hanover, on October 9.

He informed that he had met with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging farmers’ groups to take advantage of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Rural Economic Development Initiative, Phase II (REDI II).

The US$42 million programme will run over the next five years with the aim to improve both the agricultural and tourism sectors by enhancing access to markets and building climate-resilient approaches for targeted beneficiaries.

The emphasis is on enhancing linkages among producers, service providers and buyers to improve economies for small agricultural and tourism...