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Jamaica Gleaner Farmer's Weekly
published: Saturday | March 26, 2005

Gov't blamed for vegetable shortage
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: SEVERAL FARMERS in St. Elizabeth are blaming government's failure to provide canning machines and a cold storage facility for a current shortage of vegetables and some fruits.

Champion farmer faces drought

St. Thomas: HARD HIT by Hurricane Ivan and current dry conditions in St. Thomas, former champion farmer, Steve Daley has fallen on hard times.

RADA registers farmers

SPANISH TOWN: THE RURAL Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) is now taking steps to register 20,000 farmers in St. Catherine with a view to regulating the industry ...