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05 January 2024

Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon. Floyd Green addressing the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA’s) staff devotion on January 3 at the Ministry's Hope Gardens location in Kingston.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon. Floyd Green addressing the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA’s) staff devotion on January 3 at the Ministry's Hope Gardens location in Kingston.

Increased Support for Agriculture

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05 Jan 2024

January 4 (JIS):

Government support for agriculture will be strengthened this year to boost productivity and enhance the sector’s contribution to gross domestic product (GDP).

Agriculture currently contributes about 8.3 per cent of GDP, and the aim is to get to the nine per cent mark, said Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon. Floyd Green.

“I believe that [this] will be an exceptional year for agriculture and for our farmers. This financial year, we provided about $1 billion in production incentive and $800 million to our farm road programme.

“We will...