FLAGAMAN, St Elizabeth Although a politician and respected hotelier are optimistic about a planned $200-million irrigation system to reach arable lands here, farmers are sceptical that the proje.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke says the Government is making the largest capital investment ever made in agriculture, with more than $12 billion progra.
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Hundreds of farmers in the communities of Flagaman, Greenfield, Southfield and Top Hill in St Elizabeth, are to benefit from a US$200-million Pedro Plains Irrigation Scheme, wi.
MANDEVILLE, Manchester Like his colleagues in this parish, farmer Conrad Murray is struggling to cope with the meteorological drought now affecting most of the island.
"We need some rain prayer.
MORE than half of Government's $657.2-billion allocation for non-debt recurrent expenditure will go towards the compensation of public sector employees as the Administration forges ahead with its .