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16 December 2024

Technical Manager for the Soil Health, Plant Tissue and Water Laboratory in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining’s Agriculture Land Management Division (ALMD), Pamella McKenzie (left), speaks during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (December 12). Listening are: Senior Lecturer at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Spencer Jarrett, and Soil Food Web Consultant, Lise Charron Alexander.

Agriculture Stakeholders Encouraged to Use Fertiliser Regimes

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 16 Dec 2024   

Agriculture sector stakeholders and backyard gardeners are being encouraged to implement fertilisation regimes for usage regulation and safeguarding the environment.

Senior Lecturer at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Spencer Jarrett, says persons using fertilisers must first understand how plants benefit.

“Plants benefit only when the fertiliser is in a dissolved state. It is from this dissolved state that the plant absorbs it. If it is too concentrated, that plant is going to die. You do not want to overfertilize; you want to be specific and know...

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