January 12 (JIS):
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says work is “moving apace” on the Essex Valley Agricultural Development Project (EVADP), which will expand the irrigation and farm road network in sections of Manchester and St. Elizabeth.
He was speaking at Thursday’s (January 11) stakeholder engagement under the New FACE of Food programme, held at the Kendal Conference Centre in Manchester.
“Between South St. Elizabeth and South Manchester, we are going to bring 800 hectares of land under irrigated water supply. The project is also...