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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence, addresses participants at a training session in Livestock Breeding Strategies and Selection Principles, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, December 2, 2019. Seated is Deputy Director, Livestock, MICAF Dwight Williams. The training was hosted by MICAF in collaboration withContinue reading “Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence addresses participants at a training session in Livestock Breeding”

Hon Beryl Rochester, Custos Rotulorum of St. Elizabeth, presents the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Ltd’s The Best of St. Bess Special Award to Joseph Gyles, Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), for dedicated and outstanding service in the field of agricultural services. At right is Eldon Nembhard of the NIC St ElizabethContinue reading “Custos Rotulorum of St. Elizabeth Hon. Beryl Rochester presents The Best of St. Bess Special Award to Joseph Gyles”

Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown presents the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Ltd’s The Best of St. Bess Golden Award to Desmond Whitely for dedicated and outstanding service in the field of farming. The occasion was the Homecoming Awards Brunch held in St. Elizabeth on December 1, 2019 where the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Turner’s InnovationsContinue reading “Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown presents The Best of St. Bess Golden Award to Desmond Whitely”

Interim Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation, Dr. Patrick Dallas (right), converses with (from left) George Watson, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Victor Cummings, Project Manager, Lakes Pen Agri-Ventures Ltd, at the Homecoming Awards Brunch in St. Elizabeth on December 1, 2019. HeldContinue reading “Hon J.C. Hutchinson at the Homecoming Awards Brunch in St. Elizabeth”

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), is in discussion with Assessment Monitoring Officer, at the Ebony Park HEART Academy in Clarendon, Shanieka Worrie (right), at a job fair hosted by the institution in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the National IrrigationContinue reading “Hon. Floyd Green in discussion with Assessment Monitoring Officer Shanieka Worrie”

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right) gives a listening ear to Mayor of May Pen, Winston Maragh (centre), at a job fair hosted by the HEART/Trust NTA in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) and the RuralContinue reading “Hon. Floyd Green converses with Mayor of May Pen Winston Maragh”

Residents of Lionel Town and surrounding areas of Clarendon, who were previously employed to the closed Monymusk Sugar Factory and intend to pursue farming on acreages of former sugar lands, are to benefit from input materials such as seeds and fertilisers. The fertiliser is to be sourced from some 2,400 tonnes being provided by theContinue reading “Sugar workers transitioning to farming to benefit from 2,400 tonnes of fertilizers from Morocco”

Agriculturalist Desmond Whitely emerged winner of the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation 2019 “Best of St Bess” Golden Award in the category of farming at the foundation’s Awards Brunch in St. Elizabeth on December 1. Mr. Whitely, who has been farming since he was 12 years old, is the leading supplier of vegetables such as cauliflowerContinue reading “St Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation honours outstanding farmer and companies”

Students and teachers are hailing the staging of the annual Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival in educating the public about the importance of agriculture to national development in a fun and exciting way. Approximately 5,000 students from institutions islandwide attended the 20th staging of the event held earlier this month in Brown’s Town, St.Continue reading “Minard Show A Big Hit With Schools”

Local entrepreneur, Almando Cox, is lauding the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Accelerator Programme, following his six-month participation. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Resolve IT Limited, Mr. Cox was one of 16 entrepreneurs who enrolled in the programme, which saw them receiving mentorship support, information on business model testing and validation, and assistance with creatingContinue reading “Entrepreneur Praises JBDC Accelerator Programme”