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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has lauded operators of the St. Catherine-based Model Agricultural Production Limited, for investing more than US$2.5 million in farming. During a tour of the farm in Innswood on June 2, Mr. Green said the entity is reaping success from a significant investment and high-tech cultivation. “I am very happy that we are here celebrating a success in your productivity levels for your onion,” he said, pointing out that the company has almost one 100 acres of land in the production of onion, scallion, pumpkin, and will shortly put an...

Luke Douglas - Updated Under the Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme, each rural Member of Parliament would be asked to identify 10 persons to be involved.. (iStock photo) The Government of Jamaica is pumping $200 million into programmes to encourage young people into farming and is also promising to provide farmlands at preferential rates to youths. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green said at least 10 young farmers from each rural constituency would be identified for training and start-up capital. “I have been mandated as minister to input at least 20 per cent of o...

GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen says that further growth is projected for the agricult...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, has charged the Rur...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries says it has established a Nati...