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26 July 2021

From left, World Bank Country Director Lilia Burunciuc, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green; and Omar Sweeney, Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund; tour the Content Farmers Group Greenhouse Cluster In Manchester on July 23, 2021. The World Bank-funded $26-million facility, which consists of 20 greenhouses, a packing facility and a water harvesting pond, was implemented under REDI 11 by JSIF in partnership with the Jamaica Bauxite Institute.

Green underscores need for increased use of technology in farming

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 26 Jul 2021   

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, is calling for more use of technology to accelerate the pace of production in order to meet the local and international demand for Jamaican produce.

“We have to employ more climate-smart technology. We have to move from open-field agriculture to protected agriculture so that we can maximize the land space we have, so that we can reclaim the...

Agri Ministry to subsidise first crop insurance premium for 1,000 farmers

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 26 Jul 2021   

The Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry will subsidizing the first premium for the first 1,000 farmers who sign up for crop insurance coverage to the tune of $3,500 under GK Weather Protect, with the women and youth receiving a subsidy of $5,000.

We have to put in place good strategies to protect our farmers, said Green, who noted that with the launch of the parametric insurance scheme by GK Insurance farmers will now be able to receive compensation for crop losses resulting from weather-related events such as hurricanes, extensive rain and drought within 7 days of the event....

GOV’T PROVIDING $70M IN FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR DAIRY FARMERS

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 26 Jul 2021   

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MONTEGO BAY, July 24 (JIS):

The Government is providing approximately $70 million in loan funding assistance for the island’s dairy farmers.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the funds are being provided through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board’s (JDDB) Dairy Concessionary Loan Programme.

“Through this financial scheme, farmers can improve the quality of [their livestock and] increase [their] herd numbers,” Mr. Green said.

He was speaking during a ceremony for the hand-over of silage to the St....

MINISTER GREEN URGES FARMERS TO UTILISE CLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGY

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 26 Jul 2021   

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KINGSTON, July 23 (JIS):

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging farmers to utilise more climate-smart technology and practices in order to minimise crop loss from more frequent and extreme weather events.

He said that as a small island developing state, Jamaica is very susceptible to the effects of climate change.

“We have seen it; no one has to convince us in agriculture about the realities of the longer dry periods, shorter and more intense rainy periods that come with increased flooding,” he noted....

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