Agri Ministry moves to expand honey production
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture is moving to increase honey production to meet the increasing demand for local honey on the international market. The ministry, through its Apiculture Unit, has been actively recruiting and training farmers in bee keeping...

Not enough support from RADA - banana stake holders
"WITH DUE respect to RADA and with due respect to the Ministry of Agriculture, I think if you look at the support provided by the State to the Banana Industry over the last 25 years...

Glendon Harris - first vice-president, Jamaica Agricultural Society - 'Not enough RADA extension officers available '
"DEFINITELY WE are not satisfied with the extension services provided (by RADA). On a wider scale recognising the importance of agriculture in rural development, much more emphasis should be placed on much more officers. As we were used to, we know...

Thomas Burton - deputy executive director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority... we are there to serve all farmers
"WE ARE in the process of delivering exten-sion service to farmers, particularly small farmers. Recently we had some bad experiences in the west where we discovered for the first time in the country the incident of Mocko disease...

A woman committed to agriculture
ST. THOMAS: SIXTY-EIGHT-year-old Hyacinth Cover is a woman with a strong sense of commitment to agriculture. Despite her other business involvements, agriculture continues to be her major career because it gives her a "new lease on life".

I see myself as an investor - banana farmer
"I am one of the new producers. I see myself as an investor. I wonder sometimes if the decision was correct, but I am confident and I echo the sentiments that the banana industry, is a good product, it has a solid market and money can be made from it.