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17 December 2021

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw (2nd right) accepts sample of seeds from Shauna Brandon (2nd left), Rural Development Specialist, Inter-American Co-operation for Agriculture (IICA); at a meeting held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens’ offices in St. Andrew on December 1, 2021.  Others from left are Ainsworth Riley, Agri-Business Specialist, IICA; and Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence. The $1.5- million donation  is in support of the country’s national recovery programme following the passage of tropical storms Grace and Ida in August that destroyed 4, 595 hectares of crops valued at some $1.6 billion and impacted 17, 823 farmers.

Agriculture Ministry receives $1.5 million seed donation from IICA

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 17 Dec 2021   

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, has expressed appreciation to the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) for its invaluable support to Jamaica’s farmers with the contribution of seeds valued at $1.5 million.

The donation was in support of the country’s national recovery programme following the passage of tropical storms Grace and Ida in August that destroyed 4, 595 hectares of crops valued at some $1.6 billion and impacted 17, 823 farmers.

 “The agriculture sector is one that has to recover quickly when met with these and other...

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