Agriculture can create 60,000 new jobs - Pottinger
JAMAICA AGRICULTURAL Society president, A.A. Bobby Pottinger, says that the sector has the capacity to create over 60,000 new jobs, and "remove idle hands from street corners."
Ennis calls for modern approach to sector
MINISTER OF State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, says that the challenge for the sector, is to begin immediately to transform traditional practices from a "cultural" approach to that of a modern, profit-oriented business enterprise driven...
Organic agriculture poise to grow locally
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT on Organic Farming, Ulrich Helberg is currently in the island assisting the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM) in putting together an organic production handbook that will serve as a guide for the production of...
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