Home | About Us | Contact Us | Access to Information | Newsroom                     Search | Jamaica.gov.jm

Jamaica Gleaner News Coverage
November 2009
Scrap-metal Thieves Hindering Sugar Production - Gleaner News Release (11/12/09)
Kikwete Wants Agri Ties with Jamaica (25/11/09)
Got milk? Government, Windalco partner to increase production of commodity (15/11/09)
Fewer Imports Expected this Christmas - Tufton (13/11/09)

Fewer imports expected this Christmas - Tufton (13/11/09)

Got milk? Government, Windalco partner to increase production of commodity. (15/11/09)

 
October 2009
St Elizabeth farmers to get greenhouses (26/10/09)
Hot pepper's growing success (26/10/09)
 
September 2009
Tufton gets agri support in Washington (18/09/09)
Newport-Fersan cuts prices again (3/09/09)
Farmers get millions for agro-ventures (2/09/09)
 
August 2009
EU aids banana growing communities (29/08/09)
Lemon grass, the next big thing (14/08/09)
Life after bauxite - Finding the 'sweet' life - Former Alpart worker turns to the honey business as a viable option (14/08/09)
Farmer pleads for revised receipt book system (13/08/09)
Met Service flaws undermine Jamaica farm insurance - report (12/08/09)
Harvesting the dream - Manchester women aid community with juice factory (11/08/09)
'Keep agriculture on front burner' (3/08/09)
Big plans for agriculture (3/08/09)
Need for greater incentives (3/08/09)
Denbigh Agricultural show '09 (2/08/09)
 
July 2009
Small farms, big problems - Tufton urges farmers to work in groups (31/07/09)
Small farms, big problems - Tufton urges farmers to work in groups (31/07/09)
Young farmer eyes cocoa's sweet possibilities (28/07/09)
Fruit-tree programme stunted by plant shortage (24/07/09)
Cabinet backs new agri fund to boost local production (24/07/09)
Report pink mealy bug sightings - Tufton (23/07/09)
Tufton appoints five new managers (23/07/09)
Agri officials wary of hurricanes (23/07/09)
Tufton renews call to eat Jamaican (14/07/09)
Brakes put on sugar funding (13/07/09)
Cassava snack: a 'chip' off the old block for JP (9/07/09)
Fishermen face new restrictions (9/07/09)
 
June 2009
Crop production booming in Manchester - RADA (29/06/09)
Negro yam puts Hanover on the map (27/06/09)
Agriculture, not IMF, will save Jamaica economy - Golding (26/06/09)
Sugar deal - Gov't approves divestment of two Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) factories (24/06/09)
Agri ministry needs proactive approach (23/06/09)
Tufton plants seed of hope in bauxite's void (22/06/09)
Dinthill gives St Catherine agriculture a shot in the arm (17/06/09)
Citrus company accepts plan to restructure (17/06/09)
Restructuring to boost cocoa industry (13/06/09)
Sugar workers hold their breath - Gov't promises long-overdue payments will be made by deadline (10/06/09)
Trinidad free to import patties (4/06/09)
Diaspora important for growth -Tufton (4/06/09)
Woman power - Female farmers join forces to stave off tough times in St Thomas (2/06/09)
Gov't considers placing Citrus Growers into receivership (1/06/09)
 
May 2009
Got milk? Productivity records to help select happy cows (30/05/09)
Farmers happy as fertiliser prices go south (28/05/09)
Fertilizer price cut sooner than expected (26/05/09)
The 'sweet heart' sale! - Government approves divestment of some Bernard Lodge lands to heart institute (22/05/09)
Lower fertiliser cost gives hope (15/05/09)
'Priority four' bidders for SCJ assets - US company going after Petrojam Ethanol, 3 factories (13/05/09)
Agriculture ministry steps up moves to safeguard livestock (9/05/09)
Gov't seeking to produce 25% of rice demand (4/05/09)
Flu frenzy - Swine flu pandemic no threat to local agriculture (3/05/09)
 
April 2009
Forestry Department courts private sector (22/04/09)
New careers for farmers (19/04/09)
Chicken farmer hatches the spirit of resilience (15/04/09)
Teacher reaps the benefits of farming (13/04/09)
Getting started in the fresh foods business (12/04/09)
Training and cost for greenhouse construction (12/04/09)
61-year-old farmer reaps benefit of backyard gardening (3/04/09)
School boy scientists - St. Ann youths target sugar fix, organic insecticide (1/04/09)
Dig us out - Farm chief wants stimulus - Wants imports taxed to the max (1/04/09)
Export centre launched in Clarendon (1/04/09)
 
March 2009
EU grant to Jamaica goes sour - Government received less than expected due to stallled sugar-industry divestment (31/03/09)
Italian investor eyes Frome - Jamaicans going after other SCJ assets (29/03/09)
Cassava finds a market through Caribbean union (28/03/09)
Farmers to get high-tech support from RADA (27/03/09)
Coffee board must take steps to expand - Tufton (27/03/09)
Big-money project set for Portland farmers (25/3/09)
Illegal tomatoes go splat 25/3/09
Companies feel the sugar rush - Divestment tender reaps 14 prospects (18/3/09)
Cabinet to review Sugar Bids (19/3/2009)
Ready, set, hoe! - Five farmers to plant seeds of agri revolution (9/3/09)
 
February 2009
Tufton takes aim at dishonest middlemen (26/02/09)
Sugar production sweet business (22/02/09)
Yam farmers could reap big import profits (21/02/09)
Coffee festival perks up St Thomas school (21/02/09)
Fishermen unwilling to comply with registration (20/02/09)
Farmers burning with rage - Record canefield fires may force some to call it quits (16/02/09)
All fishermen to be licensed - Tufton (16/02/09)
Life after banana - Young farmer learning to diversify (14/02/09)
 
January 2009
Rice-growing experiment completed (26/01/09)
Agricultural sector doing well (19/1/09)
Banana farmers get help (06/01/09)
 
2008
Government of Jamaica to import more fertiliser (30/12/08)
Gov't outlines benefits for families of crash victims (27/12/08)
Agri ministry to increase number of RADA officers (27/12/08)
Meaty interest - Agri minister threatens to nullify import permits of shared businesses (18/12/08)
KING SUGAR'S SHAKY CROWN - Tufton shies away from divestment back-up plan
Minister signs letter of intent for agri project
Infinity, Jamaica strike 25-year deal on cane lands
Cassava Challenge winners urged to grow fruit trees
Organisations combine to stop flooding in St Elizabeth
Tufton aids Trelawny farmers
FAO puts millions into cassava production
Food facility for 'St Bess'
Government to provide 6,000 acres, companies to find capital
Tufton says import bill out of control - Urges nation to increase agri produce
RADA goes high-tech
Not 'Meating' Standards - Health experts call for central slaughterhouses

 

Important Notice | Help | © 2008 Ministry of Agriculture, All Rights Reserved                                   Last Modified: Feb 15, 2010