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Jamaica has called for increased action to help small-scale food producers implement effective adaptation practices to strengthen resilience and reduce their vulnerability to climate change.

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, the Hon. Floyd Green, in making the call at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) High-Level Ministerial Event in Rome on Thursday (June 29), said that resource constraints have long affected resilience efforts.                                  

“While transitioning farmers to protected agricultural...

Some 30 farmers in South St. Elizabeth, who suffered severe losses during recent heavy rains, have received essential inputs and supplies to assist in the recovery effort.

The items, which were handed over at the Bull Savannah Church of God of Prophecy in the parish on Thursday (June 29), included seeds, irrigation supplies, fertilisers, chemicals, farm tools, among other things.

They were provided by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in partnership with entities such as Hardware and Lumber (H& L) Agro, Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Limited, Food for the...