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05 September 2022

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), converses with (from left) Project Manager, Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project, Wayne Williams; Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigation Commission, Joseph Gyles; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, and Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Representative, Andrew Dupigny, during a tour of the Amity Hall worksite in St. Catherine on Thursday (September 1).

Southern Plains Agricultural Project Progressing Ahead of Schedule

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 05 Sep 2022   

September 2, 2022 (JIS)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is reporting that the Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project is progressing ahead of schedule.

Speaking during a tour of the Amity Hall worksite in St. Catherine on Thursday (September 1), Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. said he expects the impact of the project to be massive.

“It’s going to push agriculture, push efficiency and help us to change lives and livelihoods in a positive way. This is another one of the critical projects, driving irrigation in Jamaica...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in support of a multiagency partnership to plant 6,000 trees, in commemoration of Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary of Independence, at the launch of the initiative, at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St. Catherine, on August 31. Looking on (at right) is Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., and standing (from left) are Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley A. Henry; and Board member of the Agro Investment Corporation, Errol Green.

Initiative by AIC to Plant 6000 Trees

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 05 Sep 2022   

September 4, 2022 (JIS)

To strengthen agriculture and build the country’s resilience to climate change effects, the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC) is facilitating a multiagency partnership to plant 6,000 trees

The trees to be planted will include fruit, ornamental and timber, and the exercise will be carried out across the Agro Parks and Production Zones.  

Additional trees will be planted at the Ebony Park and Spring Plain  Agro Parks in Clarendon New Forest/Duff House Agro Park in Manchester, Yallahs and Plantain Garden River Agro Parks in St. Thomas,...

Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Manager for Trelawny, Courtney Taylor.

RADA Assists Trelawny Farmers to Transition From Sugar Cane

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 05 Sep 2022   

September 4, 2022 (JIS)

Sugar-cane farmers in Trelawny are being assisted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in transitioning to other crops, given the decline of the sugar industry. 

Parish Agricultural Manager, Courtney Taylor, said that the aim is to diversify the crops being produced in the parish and ease its heavy dependence on others, such as yam. 

“Trelawny is one of the parishes that used to produce a lot of sugar cane and had the most sugar estates in the country. It is also known for yam production; 70 per cent of the yam that...

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