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01 March 2022

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Franklin Witter (right), speaking at the St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium held at the Seville Great House in Priory, St. Ann, on February 25, 2022. Organised by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) under the theme ‘Exploring the Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the tourism and agricultural sector’, the symposium was aimed at inculcating an entrepreneurial mindset by bringing together agro-tourism business-minded individuals and stakeholders in the sectors.

Witter urges farmers to increase production to meet demand in the hospitality sector

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 01 Mar 2022   

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Franklin Witter, has urged farmers in St. Ann to increase their productivity to meet the market demand for agricultural produce from the hospitality and tourism industries along with the export and agro-processing opportunities.

Witter noted that there are vast acreages of underutilized and unutilized parcels of land within the parish that can be used for agricultural production.

He was speaking at the St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium organised by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority and held at...

Importation of cat from Ukraine subject to fulfilment of import requirements

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 01 Mar 2022   

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has noted comments via social media in regards to a Jamaican student returning with a cat from the Ukraine in light of the on-going crisis in that country. 

The Veterinary Services Division has advised that on February 28, 2022, it received an application for an import permit for the importation of a cat from the Ukraine. This request was reviewed, not only against the background of the extraordinary humanitarian crisis existing in the Ukraine, but with due consideration given to the animal disease status of that country, particularly as it...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr (right), presents hydroponic system donated by Member of Parliament for North West St. Elizabeth,  J.C. Hutchinson, under the Growing with Technology Project in Schools  initiative ​to Duken Williams, principal of Lewisville High School,  on February 23, 2022 at Holland Primary School.

FARMERS MUST BECOME MORE INNOVATIVE AND CLIMATE SMART – MINISTER

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 01 Mar 2022   

MONTEGO BAY, February 25 (JIS):

            Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the dangers of climate change make it even more important for Jamaica’s agricultural sector to become more innovative and “climate smart”.

            Speaking at the official launch of a hydroponics project at the Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth on February 23, the Minister  said that farming has become a lot more sophisticated and that farmers have to be “smart” and cognisant of the clear and present danger known as “climate change”....

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr (left), views Jamaica Red Poll Cattle along with Edwin Gayle during an appraisal exercise at Bengal Farms in St. Ann on February 24, 2022.

HIGH-QUALITY BREEDING STOCK OF JAMAICA RED POLL WILL BE MAINTAINED – CHARLES JR.

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 01 Mar 2022   

MONTEGO BAY, February 25 (JIS):

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is expressing confidence that the country will continue to maintain its high-quality breeding stock of the Jamaica Red Poll cattle.

The Minister was speaking at the annual Red Poll cattle appraisal, held at Bengal Farms in St. Ann, on Thursday, February 24.

Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Charles Jr. said it was his first opportunity as Minister to engage in a cattle appraisal process, noting that he is pleased with the observations made.

“It is a very informative...

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