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13 November 2020

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), and St. Andrew Technical High School student and member of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Deja-Nai Grant display the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Roadmap to Success following the launch at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce on St. Lucia Avenue in Kingston on November 12.

Agriculture Ministry working to develop National Youth in Agriculture Policy to improve on issues affecting youth in the sector

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 13 Nov 2020   

The Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry is working apace to develop a National Youth in Agriculture Policy that seeks to address and improve upon the issues affecting youth in the sector.
Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said the policy is being targeted for launch in 2021 and among the issues it will address is the access to available land for young people to farm.
“We have to ensure that we have government land set aside for our young people. The idea now is that we want to allocate at least 20 per cent of our government land for people under the age of 35. That is the...

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