JIS: AGRICULTURE AND Fisheries Minister Roger Clarke is confident that the ministry's implementation of a three-pronged programme of assistance, valued at over $200 million, will assist the banana industry to recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy last month.

After a hurricane or flood, the farm should be returned to production as soon as possible

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Senator Norman Grant wants the Government to do more to assist farmers affected by last month's onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, by way of low interest loans and a special refinancing package.

JAMAICA IS the first of five Caribbean countries to benefit from the Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative (C-FISH), a United Kingdom-funded initiative aimed at improving the management of marine resources and promoting sustainable livelihoods in coastal communities.