Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right); and President, Community and Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), Condell Stephenson (centre), sign a memorandum of understanding between the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Community and Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), at the C&WJCCUL, Half-Way Tree Road, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Sharing in the moment are Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); along with (background l-r) Chief Executive Officer, C&WJCCUL, Carlton Barclay; RADA’s Board Chairman, Nigel Myrie; Senior Regional Manager, C&WJCCUL, Andrea Mumby; and Director, C&WJCCUL, Paulette Howell. RADA and C&WJCCUL signed an MoU to solidify a loan programme for farmers registered with RADA to access financial benefits, which will ultimately stimulate improved productivity for farmers.
The Community & Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL) has entered into an agreement with the Rural Agriculture Development Authority (RADA) that will see the Credit Union providing financing to its members who are registered RADA farmers involved in the cultivation of cash crops. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will seek to provide the means for farmers to expand production and productivity, employ climate-smart practices, advance packaging for marketing of their produce and/or improve post-harvesting mechanisms and maintain standards, quality and...