Rural folks are earning $2 billion annually from supplying young trees used as yam sticks, but it comes at a cost, says President of the Jamaica Agricultural Association Lenworth Fulton. “Jamaica could be losing 37 million young trees yearly to yam.
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.
From Labour Minister Shahine Robinson to reggae legend Frederick Toots Hibbert, dozens of notable Jamaicans passed on in 2020, a year which has made an impact we won t soon forget. It s no surprise that the novel coronavirus, which turned the world upside down during the year, was behind the deaths of a number of these personalities.
RIP to these luminaries and other Jamaicans we left behind this year. They will always live within our hearts.
Bob Andy
Reggae icon Bob Andy, one of Jamaica s most celebrated songwriters, died in March. Keith Bob Andy Anderson had reportedly been ailing for some time before he passed away.
WESTERN BUREAU:
The saga surrounding the ownership of former sugar lands at Long Pond in Trelawny has once again reared its ugly head and indications are that a showdown is looming between Everglades Farms Limited, which has a lease for the property, and farmers, who are now occupying the lands under a separate government-sanctioned arrangement
Clive Bennett, one of the 150 farmers who have leased lands from All-Island Cane Farmers Association (AICFA), had the perimeter fence surrounding his leased property torn down by an agent, who is said to be representing the principal of Everglades Farms. The agent also posted a sign stating, ‘No Trespassing’.