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09 August 2021

Karayan Holt (right) explains the fodder-based production system to Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Floyd Green (2nd left); Councillor Whitney Smith Currie, ; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South Eastern Frank Witter; Dionne Clarke Harris, Acting Representative, CARDI; and Dr. Osbil Watson, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services Division;  during a tour of the Hounslow Research Station in St. Elizabeth on August 3, 2021. The occasion was the launch of the $50-million Small Ruminant Development Programme by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries aimed at increasing the quality and stock of goats and sheep.

Agriculture Ministry launches $50-million small ruminant programme

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 09 Aug 2021   

Some 6,000 registered small ruminant farmers are set to benefit under the $50-million Small Ruminant Development Programme to be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Through this programme, the Ministry will be introducing high quality live animals, a robust artificial insemination programme and multi-ovulation embryo transfer.

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HOUNSLOW RESEARCH STATION TO BECOME CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

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 09 Aug 2021   

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MONTEGO BAY, August 9 (JIS):

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will be allocating resources to transform the Hounslow Research Station in St. Elizabeth into a centre of excellence for small ruminant production in western Jamaica.

He noted that the facility, which is currently underutilized, “is part of a project that has already been approved by our public infrastructure committee to rehabilitate all our research stations”.

Minister Green, who was addressing the launch of the National Small...

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