Jamaica’s 154,000 smallholder farmers occupy the majority of the country’s agricultural land area (440,000 hectares) and are the backbone of the Caribbean country’s agriculture sector. They are ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 26, 2010 – Jamaica’s coffee farmers are now one step closer to effective crop insurance coverage, based on an agreement signed today by Agriculture Minister, Dr. the Hon.

Leaders in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) subsector are urging farmers to revise their modus operandi in order to realise maximum returns from agricultural activities. While ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Initiatives have been put in place to grow the coffee industry, says Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr. Speaking at the press launch of the Jamaica Blue ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – Minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, Floyd Green, says Jamaica's agricultural sector continues to show resilience, despite experiencing setbacks, speaking on ...

“Agricultural industry actors in Jamaica face issues with accessing credit facilities from traditional financial institutions at affordable rates due to a lack of collateral, lack of structured ...

CROSS KEYS, Jamaica — Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent wind ripped at the roof, piece by piece.

Although national poverty rates in Jamaica declined from 30.4 % in 1989 to 9.9 % in 2007, the decline in rural poverty was more modest: from 22 % to 15.3 %. If Jamaica was to achieve “Developed ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Roger Clarke, a Jamaican government minister whose affable personality often bridged the Caribbean island’s deep political divide, died Thursday in Florida. He was 74. The ...