Coffee fears fallout
Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee attracts premium price on the world market, however, there are fears that recent changes to international exporting quality standards, primarily in the Japanese market where most of the coffee is sold...
New food safety facility to be built in Newport West
Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke has announced that a new food safety import/export one-stop shop will be established at Newport West in Kingston. "The major objectives of this one-stop shop are to: serve as a central location....
Grant urges national crop insurance scheme
Government Senator Norman Grant has proposed the creation of a national crop insurance scheme/disaster relief fund that would be funded from the Consolidated Fund. "There is a need to have a structural mechanism to provide the agricultural sector...
ON THE FARM - Dedicated to local farming
Spaldings, Clarendon: It is good when you can get international exposure but for Cebert Cohen, he thinks he has had enough and wants to dedicate those skills he learned over years to his local farming operations. Born in Sanguinetti, Clarendon...
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