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Dairy farmer Oral Wallace discusses equipment used on his farm with Minister Samuda

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 19 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Dairy farmer Oral Wallace (centre) discusses equipment used on his farm in Rhymesbury, Clarendon, with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Karl Samuda (left) and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Western Noel Arscott. Over 60 farmers from St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth and Clarendon benefitted from fertilizers that were specially blended by Newport-Fersan for pasture development, valued at $3m and donated by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board.


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Gov’t Commits $70 Million to Help Trelawny Farmers Transport Sugar Cane

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 16 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government has committed another $70 million to assist farmers in Trelawny with the transportation of sugar cane to the Appleton Estate and Worthy Park factories this year. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 63rd Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on Wednesday (February 14), Mr. Samuda said the Government is cognisant of the challenges being faced by farmers since the shutdown of sugar production at the Clarks Town-based Long Pond Factory in the parish a few years ago. “I have been able...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda (left), converses with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith, at the launch of the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Tuesday (February 13).

Jamaica to Host FAO Regional Conference March 5 to 8

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 15 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Jamaica will be hosting the 35th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean from March 5 to 8 at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. The three-day event is expected to attract ministers of agriculture, social development, education, health and environment and other high-level officials from the 33 FAO member nations across the Americas to discuss challenges and priority matters related to food and agriculture. It will focus on four main areas – eradicating hunger, overweight and obesity; ending rural...


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Gillian Smith, Officer-in-Charge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation for Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize, (3rd left) in discussion with Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), at a media launch for Jamaica’s hosting of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The launch was held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. The conference is scheduled to be held from March 5-8, 2018 in Montego Bay, St. James. Others (from left) are Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry; and Director General Vivian Brown, MICAF.

FAO Regional Conference to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 5-8 of March 2018

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 13 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Rising hunger and obesity, climate change and rural poverty; these will be the main issues of the 35th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The 35th Conference will take place from 5-8 of March 2018, in Montego Bay, Jamaica and is FAO’s main governing body. Agriculture Ministers from all of FAO’s 33 member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will come together in Jamaica to set the Organization’s priorities for the next two years. The meeting will be attended by FAO’s Director General, José Graziano da Silva and Ministers of Agriculture...


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Minister Samuda greets Gillian Smith, Officer-in-Charge, FAO

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 13 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Karl Samuda (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gillian Smith, Officer-in-Charge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation for Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize, at a media launch for Jamaica’s hosting of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The launch was held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. The conference is scheduled to be held from March 5-8, 2018, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.


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Launch of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

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 13 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Karl Samuda (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Gillian Smith (centre), Officer-in-Charge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation for Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize; and Conley Salmon, President, Jamaica Operations, Jamaica Broilers Group, at a media launch for Jamaica’s hosting of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The launch was held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. The conference is scheduled to be held from March 5-8, 2018, at the Montego Bay...


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Agriculture ministry repairs farm roads

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 10 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
By the end of the 2017/2018 financial year, several farm roads in the parishes of Manchester and St. Elizabeth, covering 19.7km and valued at $81m, will be rehabilitated by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio, MICAF, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, during a tour of some of the roads along with representatives from RADA on January 24. “Between now and March 26 of this year, we are looking at fixing 6.7 kilometres of farm roads in St. Elizabeth at a cost of $34m...


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Devon Plunkett Sr. (left), farmer of Albion Mountain, St. Mary, converses with Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), during a tour of his farm on Wednesday (February 8). At centre is Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, where Albion Mountain is located, Dr. Morais Guy.

Major Investors to Cultivate Onions

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 09 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
The Government is in discussions with two major investors for the planting of over 2,000 acres of onions as part of a project to boost supplies for the domestic and export markets. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says one of the investors has “almost committed” to financing between 400 and 500 acres of land in St. Catherine, adding that the other is being “encouraged” to take up an additional 1,000 to 2,000 acres. The Minister was speaking with journalists during a tour of farms and farm roads in St. Mary on Wednesday (February 7). Noting that less...


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Minister Samuda to Seek Additional Funding to Repair Farm Roads

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 09 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says he will be seeking additional funding in the 2018/19 Budget to repair more cane and farm roads, as well as to acquire equipment for small farmers. Speaking with journalists during a tour of several farms and farm roads in St. Mary on Wednesday (February 7), Mr. Samuda advised that he will be looking to secure a minimum $1 billion for road repairs, which would double the allocation in the 2017/18 budget. “You can’t (engage) in agriculture effectively and efficiently if you can’t reach the fields (or if) when you...


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Tour of flood-damaged farms in Portland

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 08 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Karl Samuda (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses damage to the 12.6-acre farm of Selvin Richards(left) at Canewood in Portland during a tour of flood-damaged farms in Portland on February 1. Others from left are Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz, Chief Executive Officer Peter Thompson; and Michael Stern, chairman; both of the of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.


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