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28 April 2025

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Derron Grant.

Farmers Encouraged to Attend Thank-A-Farmer Wellness Fair April 29

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 28 Apr 2025   

Farmers across the country are being invited to Hope Gardens in Kingston for the Thank-A-Farmer Wellness Fair on Tuesday, April 29, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Derron Grant, said this event is part of Farmers’ Month activities.

“This year, we are celebrating our food heroes and the message is to thank a farmer. Whenever you go to buy food, you thank a farmer. For this event, we want to say thanks to the farmer. We will have the Ministry of Health and Wellness doing free tests, including blood pressure tests...

Project Manager, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Vanessa Oates (left); Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Velton Gooden (third left); Project Focal Point, BSJ, Tafara Smith (centre); and Project Donor Representative from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), Pablo Jenkins, with hot pepper farmers holding packages of farming equipment and other implements during the ‘Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper Value Chain in Jamaica’ project handover ceremony, on Monday (April 28), at the Kingston offices of the BSJ.

Project to Increase Export Earnings from Hot Pepper

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 28 Apr 2025   

Increased export earnings from hot pepper are among the projected outcomes from the soon-to-be concluded ‘Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper Value Chain in Jamaica’ project.

The project aims to support increased compliance to sanitary and phytosanitary standards for production and export of Jamaica’s hot pepper to the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Canada and Regional markets.

The project, which commenced May 2022, is scheduled to be completed July 31, 2025. It is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture...

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