Agricultural Marketing Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Sandor Pike (right), converses with Small Ruminants Association of Jamaica (SRAJ) President, Kenneth King (centre), during the SRAJ’s annual conference at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Thursday, November 17, 2016. Mr. Pike represented Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Reginald Budhan.
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24 Nov 2016
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Goat and sheep farmers are being urged to take steps to increase the production of meat.to satisfy the high demand of distributors, who are being encouraged to support local production instead of importing, according to Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Reginald Budhan. Mr. Budhan said data provided by the Health Ministry’s Veterinary Public Health Division, showed that the production of goat and sheep meat fell from just over 963,000 kilograms in 2013 to 751,625 kilograms in 2014. This, he noted, is despite a decline in imports from...
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