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09 January 2026

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (third from right), and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Mark Berman (third from left), pose for a photo with a specialised container of Chieftain Super Elite potato seeds that will be distributed to rural potato farmers to help restore their livelihoods, at Glastonbury Purveyors Company in Lorrimers, Trelawny, on Wednesday (January 7). They are joined by (from left) Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Garnet Edmondson; Custos Rotulorum of Trelawny and Managing Director of Glastonbury Purveyors Company, Hon. Hugh Gentles; Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter; and Country Coordinator at World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Caribbean, Nelsa English-Johnson.

Canada Supports Jamaica’s Rural Women and Youth Farmers with Super Elite Potato Seeds

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 09 Jan 2026   

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has partnered with the Government of Canada to support more than 500 rural women and youth farmers through the distribution of Chieftain Super Elite potato seeds and crop recovery technology packs. This initiative aims to bolster food security and revitalise rural economies affected by Hurricane Melissa.

The programme forms part of a J$17 million agricultural recovery initiative under the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Caribbean’s Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project. It is funded by Global Affairs Canada...

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