News Jamaica Agriculture: Investing In Jamaica’s Smallholder Farmers’ Climate Resilience Could Double Agricultural Production
Jamaica’s 154,000 smallholder farmers are the backbone of the agriculture sector and are vital to the Caribbean country’s sustainable development. As the most vulnerable group to climate change, investing in their climate resilience would improve productivity, food security and the economy.
News Jamaica Agriculture: Agricultural sector rebounds with almost 200,000 tonnes of produce — Green
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says despite the devastation of Category Five Hurricane Melissa last October, the agricultural sector recorded 190,000 tonnes of domestic produce in the first quarter of 2026. Delivering the keynote address at the launch of the 72nd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, held at Hi-Pro in White Marl, St Catherine, on June 18, he noted that while the...
News Jamaica Agriculture: ‘We will feed Jamaica’
Just under three months after Hurricane Melissa tore through some of Jamaica’s most productive farming areas, Agriculture Minister Floyd Green is reporting a rapid recovery of the crop sector, with excess production of several crops. Green made the disclosure at a press briefing on Tuesday, crediting farmers’ resilience and swift post-hurricane interventions by the ministry and its agencies for the strong rebound. “As a result of the resilience of our...
News Jamaica Agriculture: Agriculture minister commits $30m to CASE to revive egg industry
PORTLAND, Jamaica—To help drive the resuscitation of the egg industry following Hurricane Melissa, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, has committed $30 million to support egg farming at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland. Speaking at a Founders’ Weekend event at the institution on January 31, the minister said that the funds are to be used to rebuild the hatchery and build a pullet...
News Jamaica Agriculture: Hurricane Beryl destroys crops in Jamaica, leaves islanders facing food shortages
A woman walks past a food stall destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in the fishing settlement of Rocky Point, Clarendon, Jamaica, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Collin Reid) KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — ...
News Jamaica Agriculture: Campbell calls for promised funds to assist farmers affected by Melissa
Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture Dr. Dayton Campbell is expressing concern over what he describes as delays in assista ...
News Jamaica Agriculture: Jamaica: Agriculture Ministry and World Bank to Assess Weather-Risk Model for Coffee Industry
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica's coffee farmers are now one step closer to effective crop insurance coverage, based on an agreement signed today by Agriculture Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; ...
