I continue this week to take a closer look at the state of other export crops, focusing on cocoa. The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) ranks Jamaica among the 17 countries producing fine and flavoured cocoa and one of eight exclusive.
Prolific businessman, commercial lawyer and transparency advocate Howard Mitchell is to be inducted into the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) Hall of Fame in October.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MOAF) has parted ways with the divestment unit of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), the Government agency which has overseen some of the largest sal.
The Jamaica Agriculture Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), a department of the Pearnel Charles Jr-led Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, is in dispute with its internal auditor over.
In May 2023 the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), which is currently partially funded by the Government of Jamaica, will transition fully to a non-government organisation. Managers will have to.