| Site Name: | Mumby | ||
| Location: | Part of Monymusk in the parish of Clarendon | ||
| Proposed Use: | Aquaculture | ||
| Land Size: | 477 hectares | ||
| Title: | Volume 1304 Folio 620 | ||
| Site Features: | Surround by the communities of Alley, Lionel Town, and Springfield Irregularly shaped and flat with sections having established ponds as it was previously used for aquaculture All boundaries are open and the property is bounded by several sugar cane farms and the Caribbean Sea. |
THE Government in an effort to end a prolonged land dispute is making available over 1,000 acres of land in eastern St Thomas to small farmers, most of whom were displaced by the closure of sugar factories. Managing director of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited Joseph Shoucair has confirmed that the government-owned […]
Jamaica is well on its way to operating the first and only dedicated bamboo market pulp mill in the Western Hemisphere. Bamboo Bioproducts Ltd (BBP) is advancing its investment in local bamboo with plans to build on lands in Frome, Westmoreland, and will focus on pulp for paper production. The company projects to spend approximately […]
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), converses with Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), and Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Ambassador Derrick Heaven, at a meeting with farmers on Friday (July 3), at the St. Thomas Technical High […]
The community of Clifton in St. Catherine has established a farm on more than seven acres of land donated by the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited (SCJH). Residents of the area, mainly females, are cultivating okra, corn, tomato, lettuce and other crops. They will use earnings from the venture to help young single mothers, […]
