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The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be launching a wheat flour substitution programme to combat the global shortage of the commodity and promote healthier eating among Jamaicans.

Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., in making the disclosure, said: “With the support of the Government of Cuba, [we will be] targeting breadfruit and cassava to create gluten-free flour as a healthy alternative to wheat.”

The global wheat shortage has resulted from several factors, including the Russia/Ukraine crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the...

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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has announced a sum of $50 million to be put towards strengthening the collaboration between local producers of organic fertilisers and the Ministry.

Speaking at the inaugural ‘Farming as a Business’ conference, staged by the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM), at the University of Technology in Kingston on July 7, Mr. Charles Jr. said the investment is to “purchase and enhance the supply of organically produced material, especially for the growing of vegetables across the island”....

Government will be updating the country’s Food & Nutrition Policy as well as launch a major thrust through its ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ strategy in an effort to help boost consumption of its locally grown nutritious food while reducing Jamaica’s high food import bill.

This announcement was made by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr, as he outlined several strategies to the implemented to transform Jamaica’s food systems...