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18 September 2023

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right) and Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Joseph Gyles, examine the 30-kilowatt grid-type solar system installed at the NIC's expanded Operations Centre and Rio Cobre office in St. Catherine, during a commissioning ceremony at the facility on Wednesday (September 13).

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right) and Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Joseph Gyles, examine the 30-kilowatt grid-type solar system installed at the NIC's expanded Operations Centre and Rio Cobre office in St. Catherine, during a commissioning ceremony at the facility on Wednesday (September 13).

Work Advancing on Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Programme

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 18 Sep 2023   

September 14  (JIS):

Work on the Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme is moving at an accelerated pace, according to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.

The programme aims to assist in Jamaica’s achievement of food security and modernising the agricultural sector by increasing the area in St. Elizabeth under formal irrigation by 50 per cent and the yield of crops in Essex Valley to a minimum 90 per cent of their potential.

This is being done through the construction of wells and development of associated...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green

Minister Green Elected New Chair of WECAFC

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 18 Sep 2023   

September 18 (JIS):

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has been elected Chairman of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC).

He was elected during the staging of the 19th WECAFC session, held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from September 6 to 8.

The Minister said Jamaica is honoured to be the Chair of WECAFC.

“WECAFC continues to be essential in our collective mission for sustainable fisheries, especially at this time when the world seeks to strengthen fisheries management,” Mr. Green said.

“The continued...

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