Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green

The Government is seeking to increase Jamaica’s protected marine space from 11,000 hectares to 20,000 hectares over the next three years, citing the success of fish sanctuaries in restoring depleted fish populations and marine biodiversity.

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floy...

Deputy Chairman of Delta Supply Limited, Jonathan Swire (left), explains the operation of a water pump to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), during a tour of the company’s booth at the 72nd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on Saturday (August 1). Also photographed are (from secon...

inister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), hands over an agricultural lease to Tyrone Mortimor (second right), who has been approved to acquire land space at the Amity Hall/Bridge Agro-park, which falls under the Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project. The ceremony was held on Saturday (August 1) at the Agro-Invest Corporat...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), receives packets of organic, non-genetically modified organism (non-GMO) seeds from American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) Board Member Mark Newman, during a symbolic handover of more than 240,000 seed packets. Sharing in the moment are (from left) AFJ Director Sarah Hsia; Executive Director, Caron Ch...

Head of Department for the Plant, Soil Sciences and Engineering at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Seymour Webster (left), explains the benefits of sweet potato varieties to (from second left) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green; President of CASE, Dr. Derrick Deslandes; and President of the Clarendon Jamaica Agricul...