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29 May 2023

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), looks at a display on the use of agrotechnology, during a tour of booths at the Kingston and St. Andrew Agricultural Show (Agrofest), held on Saturday (May 27) at the Ministry’s playfield in Kingston. Looking on is Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marvin Lawrence.

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), looks at a display on the use of agrotechnology, during a tour of booths at the Kingston and St. Andrew Agricultural Show (Agrofest), held on Saturday (May 27) at the Ministry’s playfield in Kingston. Looking on is Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marvin Lawrence.

Agriculture Ministry to Address Challenges in Drought Mitigation Plan

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 29 May 2023   

KINGSTON, May 29 (JIS):

An urgent strategic meeting will be held with critical heads of agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, to address the challenges in the Ministry’s drought mitigation plan.

Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green said the meeting comes after a nine per cent decline in production was reported for the first quarter of this year.

“We have thus far allocated some $200 million to treat with drought mitigation, but one of the areas I want us to place special attention to is how can we provide our farmers with additional...

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