Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner WriterTufton For the first time in over six months, the agriculture ministry has opened doors to the local market to facilitate the importation of fresh critical vegetables to fill the void created by protracted drought in local farming areas.But Agriculture Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, told The Gleaner that unlike previous years when the flood...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Christopher Tufton continues to defend the issue surrounding Government's multimillion-dollar contract with Aubyn Hill's consultancy firm to guide the sugar divestment process, even as Contractor General Greg Christie served notice to investigate.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
President of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (left) and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Christopher Tufton, pat a 'Black Poll' bull, during a tour of the Bodles Research Centre in St Catherine yesterday. - JIS photoTanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete says he is impressed with Jamaica's agricultural research, and wants closer cooperation between both countries in that area."There...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
... what it takes to return the group to the leading role it played under previous leaders like Chris (Tufton)," the JLP official added.Newby, a government senator and parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Information Youth and Culture, has indicated that he would not be seeking re-election after three years on the job."By convention, nobody has served for more than three years, as we want...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Domestic food crop production in Westmoreland is up 50 per cent for the July-September 2009 quarter, when compared with the similar period in 2008. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Christopher Tufton, has attributed the increased production...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Western Bureau: The private sector must play a critical role in order to aid and improve agricultural development in the Western Hemisphere.That was the word from Dr Chelston W.D. Braithwaite, director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... inventories for up to three months.At the same time, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Christopher Tufton, is calling for entrepreneurs to seize the opportunity to use the locally produced raw material to expand in existing markets and penetrate new markets locally and overseas.This, he says, is critical to ensure that the efforts of local farmers are encouraged and sustained,...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Jamaica's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Christopher Tufton, says government will have to revisit the issue of land use if it wants the agriculture sector in the island to progress.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
... in the second plenary session of the ministerial meeting. Following this, Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton will propose a resolution for IICA to develop a framework for the permanent inclusion of the 'private sector dialogue' in future meetings.
