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March 2016
 

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (right), having a light exchange with former Minister in the Ministry, Mr. Derrick Kellier, at the 2016 Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show, in St. James, on March 28. (JIS PHOTO)

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 30 Mar 2016    hbembridge   

More resources are to be made available to the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to assist local farmers.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says RADA will now be the sole agency through which assistance is provided for farmers, thereby making accountability an easier task.
Addressing the 2016 Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show, in St. James on March 28, the Minister said the move is also aimed at removing Members of Parliament from direct involvement in the process.
“We intend to make sure that all the inputs that come through RADA - fertilizer, seeds and spray - will go directly to the farmer and not to the Members of Parliament,” the Minister said.
He pointed out that with the new structure, farmers will be able to interact more often with their RADA representatives to determine their needs and how supplies will be delivered.
The Minister is also calling on young persons to enter the agricultural sector and to start seeing the industry as an attractive profession.
He said the Government is moving to get Jamaican youth more interested in agriculture, starting at the primary and secondary school levels, where major investments will be made.
“Most of us older persons are coming out and we find that young persons are not really interested in agriculture; so we will now be getting on board school gardens in every primary and high school. These school gardens are where we will be providing the inputs, and we are also going to make sure that we provide them with a black tank, so that we can have drip irrigation in place,” the Minister said.

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