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) | 24/09/2009
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has admitted that the cut in the Budget is a setback for some agricultural programmes. "Clearly, it's a challenge, no one wants their budget to be cut, but we all understand why it has to be," the minister disclosed ...
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 :: 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,...
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...
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.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
LESS THAN two years after Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Dr Christopher Tufton urged Jamaicans to make greater use of cassava, heavy demands for the tuber have sent agro processors scurrying for a duty-free licence...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
... by the company this year is said to be slightly lower than last year's, Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton fears that major worries for UC Rusal could spell more trouble for Jamaica. "The 4,000-odd cattle stock that they have may be an insignificant part of their portfolio, but for us, it is absolutely critical in terms of our dairy and beef production," Tufton told...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... Gleaner has reported that less than two years after their Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, urged Jamaicans to make greater use of cassava, heavy demands for the tuber have sent agro processors scurrying for a duty-free licence. According to the Gleaner, Dr Tufton’s advocacy for cassava as an alternative source of carbohydrate apparently paid off as...
Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
... Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Member of Parliament for South West St Elizabeth, Dr Christopher Tufton, who was instrumental in getting the project off the ground, said that the facility will benefit the student body and the wider community. "This addition represents true development of an entire community. My only wish is to ensure that the facility is used for the purpose...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
THE GOVERNMENT has allocated an additional half a billion dollars to the loss-making Sugar Company Jamaica (SCJ) for the current fiscal year. But Christopher Tufton, agriculture minister, says the money, which brings this year's grant to the SCJ to $1.3 billion...
