Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views Coffee-Lizer fertilizer presented to him by Dennis Valdez, Managing Director, Newport-Fersan, along with Peter Thompson, CEO, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, at the official handover of the fertiliser to coffee farmers on July 13 in Kingston.
Agriculture Ministry partners with Newport-Fersan to provide fertiliser to coffee farmers
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), has partnered with Newport-Fersan to supply 321 metric tonnes of Coffee-Lizer fertiliser to coffee farmers as part of its Productivity Incentive Programme. Distribution of this newly formulated fertilizer is part of an $80-m grant provided by the Ministry to coffee farmers to include $13m for treatment of the coffee leaf rust disease, training and provision of small tools as the Government seeks to assist farmers to increase their productivity. Speaking at...
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