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Kingston, March 5  (JIS):    

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has been allocated $21.25 billion to undertake activities for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

This represents a 19 per cent increase or $3.39 billion more than the previous year.

Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. made the disclosure during a meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives at Gordon House on March 1.

He informed that the sector achieved a 9.9 per cent increase in domestic production from 770,456 tonnes in 2021 to 846,508 tonnes in 2022,...