WESTERN BUREAU: Franklin Witter, state minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, has indicated that Jamaica managed to achieve its second-highest recorded domestic crop production level last year, with 779,254 tonnes of local.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green has announced the members of the independent Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Electoral Review Committee, which is to be chaired by attorney Donahue Martin. The other members include Deputy.
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Jamaica Agricultural Society President Lenworth Fulton has cited three court cases and problems with the delegate’s list of eligible voters as the reasons for the derailment of the group’s annual general meeting on July 12. There is also the matter.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green is to appoint a five-member independent commission to review the electoral processes of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) whose annual general meeting (AGM) and presidential election have been stalled.