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06 February 2026

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (second right), affixes his signature to the contract to rehabilitate Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas, during Thursday’s (February 5) contract-signing ceremony at JSIF’s Richmond Avenue offices in Kingston. Also participating in the signing (from left) are Chief Technical Director, Special Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Courtney Cole; Project Manager at SM Quality Construction, Roger Smith; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson.

Bath Botanical Gardens to Be Rehabilitated at a Cost of $29.5 Million

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 06 Feb 2026   

Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas will be rehabilitated over a five-month period at a cost of $29.5 million.

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), along with the Ministries of Tourism, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, signed a contract with SM Quality Construction for the undertaking on Thursday (February 5), at JSIF’s Richmond Avenue offices in Kingston.

The project will be implemented under the second Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI II), which is designed to enhance and promote sustainable heritage tourism experiences.
Funding is being...

Prime Minister of Jamaica, Dr. The Most Honourable Andrew Holness (centre), and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, the Hon. Floyd Green (fourth left), were joined by representatives of the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), partner agencies and other stakeholders following the unveiling of the official sign for the Essex Valley Agro-Processing Facility in Lititz, St. Elizabeth on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.

MOAFM Delivers $9.4 billion Agro-Processing Facility and Administrative Building in Essex Valley

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 06 Feb 2026   

Jamaica’s agricultural transformation received a major boost on Wednesday, February 4, when the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining officially handed over the $9.4 billion Essex Valley Agro-Processing Facility and Administrative Building in Lititz, St. Elizabeth.

The complex, built to international standards under the Essex Valley Agricultural Development Project (EVADP), represents one of the most significant post-harvest investments in Jamaica in recent years. It is designed to reduce post-harvest losses, expand agro-processing output and connect farmers and processors...

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