The annual Roger Clarke Scholarship for the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), valued at $250,000, was launched by the CB Group, on August 23, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is to assist 196 primary schools in setting up vegetable gardens during the upcoming 2016/17 academic school year.
More than 640 young people from rural communities have received training and certification in various skill areas, enabling them to take up jobs locally and overseas or create their own employment. The training was conducted under a three-year programme implemented by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs through funding from the Sugar Transformation Unit in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries