Farming sweet to the bone
MALVERN, St. Elizabeth: BECOMING AN independent and ambitious young man 30 years ago was important for Elton Thompson and with a family to feed and bills to pay, he decided to start his own farm.
United States FDA to study Jamaican ackee
THE UNITED States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to spearhead a study to investigate the cause of the unusually high levels of hypoglycin found in ackees from Jamaica.
Jamaica's farmers' efforts honoured
CLOSE TO 7,000 farmers who have benefited from the European Union (EU) $300 million Eastern Jamaica Agricultural Support Project (EJASP) were awarded as the programme came to an end on last Wednesday. The farmers were honoured...
Tomato-growing manual to be developed
THE JAMAICA Agricultural Society (JAS) is collaborating with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) to produce a farmer's quality manual. Senator Norman Grant, President of the JAS, said the manual...
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