January 7 (JIS):
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has assured farmers in Eastern Portland that efforts will be made to rehabilitate more farm roads in the area, in the upcoming 2024/2025 financial year.
The Minister made the commitment, following a tour of several farms in the parish on January 3, where he assessed the impact of recent heavy rainfall on mostly banana, plantain, and coffee farmers in the Rio Grande Valley.
“We visited some farm roads (and) some are in really difficult condition…really bad condition and they have gotten...