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November 1 (JIS): The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will be increasing support for vegetable farmers, as the island continues to experience intense rainfall. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the farmers have been suffering damage due to the rains. “We are seeing tremendous declines in the production of our vegetable lines, firstly because of the drought, then the elevated heat caused a separate issue and now because of the intense bouts of rainfall. “We have seen losses over the last month in parts of Portland, in parts of St. Thomas [and] in some of our...

November 1 (JIS): The “vast majority” of farm roads impacted by the 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Monday (October 30) have been cleared, says Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. He was reporting on the effects of the earthquake on the agriculture sector during Wednesday’s (November 1) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Minister Green said six farm roads in east rural St. Andrew and parts of St. Thomas were blocked by landslides. “Thankfully, we did have equipment on the ground in relation to both St. Andrew and St. Thomas, so our RADA (Rural...