ON THE FARM - Producing vegetables more enterprising for Denton
Spaldings, Clarendon: Seven months ago 44-year-old Denton Hapwood was the operator of a meat shop in Lionel Town, Clarendon, but he has discovered a much more enterprising business out of producing vegetables from a greenhouse. Mr. Hapwood told Farmers Weekly...
Disaster fund for banana - To help with speedy recovery of industry from natural catastrophe
A new disaster fund is being established to assist with the speedy recovery of the island's banana industry from the effects of natural disasters. Agriculture and Lands Minister, Roger Clarke, said 12 per cent of a $122 million hurricane rehabilitation programme...
Screw worm eradication cost approaching $2b
The Ministry of Agriculture's spending to eradicate the screw worm from Jamaica is fast approaching $2 billion, as the programme is extended for another three months.Head of the Veterinary Services Division in the ministry, Dr. Headley Edwards, says with additional...
MARKET Life with Renny Henry
NAME OF VENDOR: Renny Henry - YEARS AS A VENDOR: 10 MARKET: Brown's Town, St. Ann - ON SELLING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: "I sell fruits and vegetables, but I specialise in melon, ripe banana, pineapple...
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