Agriculture Ministry hands over water harvesting systems to farming groups
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green and President of the Walkerswood Farmers’ Association, Denyse Perkins bumping elbows after signing the custodian agreement for the handover of water harvesting infrastructure to farming groups, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens. (contributed photo) The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, on Wednesday handed over conditional ownership for water harvesting infrastructure to 12 water user (farming) groups in seven parishes across the island. These include reservoirs, catchment and storage tanks (both on-farm and central) ...
Source: jamaica-gleaner.com