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Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter, is calling on farmers and communities to work hand in hand with government institutions to combat praedial larceny, which he described as the greatest threat to Jamaica’s agricultural sector.

Speaking at a farmer sensitisation session on Thursday (February 5) at the Mandeville Parish Church in Manchester, Minister Witter stressed that collaboration is key to making the crime “harder to commit and easier to prosecute.”

He underscored that farmers play a central role in the fight but...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will implement a $100-million large-scale recovery programme for banana and plantain farmers, after Hurricane Melissa wiped out the country’s commercial crop during its passage on October 28.

The programme, which will be implemented by The Banana Board and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), is expected to assist approximately 5,000 banana and plantain farmers and rehabilitate more than 2,500 hectares of damaged farms.

“We’re going to provide them with some fertiliser based on verified damage assessments and...