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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, speaks at the opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff and Prosper to Tangle River roadways in South St. James, on Wednesday, January 22.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, speaks at the opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff and Prosper to Tangle River roadways in South St. James, on Wednesday, January 22.

Ministry To Lobby For More Money To Fix Farm Roads

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be lobbying for a $1.4-billion allocation in the next Budget to rehabilitate more farm roads islandwide in the 2020/2021 financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) plants an East Indian mango tree with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Kingston Girl of the Year, Deja-Nai Grant (foreground, second left) and Food and Agriculture Representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (foreground, right). Occasion was the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Wednesday (January 22). Looking on (in background from left) are Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Richard Blair; Chairman of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors Forum, Brian Crichlow; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke-Harris; and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) plants an East Indian mango tree with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Kingston Girl of the Year, Deja-Nai Grant (foreground, second left) and Food and Agriculture Representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (foreground, right). Occasion was the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Wednesday (January 22). Looking on (in background from left) are Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Richard Blair; Chairman of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors Forum, Brian Crichlow; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke-Harris; and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson.

Disinfectant Mats To Be Installed At Norman Manley Airport
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), shares a light moment with (from left): Jamaica Representative, Marsha Johnson; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw; United States Representatives, Megan Wall and Michael Moscarelli. Occasion was the USAID Farmer to Farmer Conference 2020, held at The Liguanea Club in New Kingston, on Monday (January 6).
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), shares a light moment with (from left): Jamaica Representative, Marsha Johnson; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw; United States Representatives, Megan Wall and Michael Moscarelli. Occasion was the USAID Farmer to Farmer Conference 2020, held at The Liguanea Club in New Kingston, on Monday (January 6).

New Agricultural Transformation Project For St. Catherine
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (right), engages in a light moment with the longest participant in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme, George Blackwood, who has been travelling to Canada for job opportunities under the programme for over 20 years. Occasion was a send-off ceremony at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Services Centre on Friday (January 3). Mr. Blackwood is among 228 workers who will be leaving the island between now and Monday (January 6), to work in Canada.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (right), engages in a light moment with the longest participant in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme, George Blackwood, who has been travelling to Canada for job opportunities under the programme for over 20 years. Occasion was a send-off ceremony at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Services Centre on Friday (January 3). Mr. Blackwood is among 228 workers who will be leaving the island between now and Monday (January 6), to work in Canada.

First Batch Of Farm Workers Depart For Canada
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the rehabilitated Marl Road community roadway, in Balaclava, St. Elizabeth, on Thursday (December 19). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right) and Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Evon Redman. The road was repaired as part of the Ministry’s National Farm Road Programme.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the rehabilitated Marl Road community roadway, in Balaclava, St. Elizabeth, on Thursday (December 19). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right) and Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Evon Redman. The road was repaired as part of the Ministry’s National Farm Road Programme.

250 Roadways Rehabilitated Under National Farm Road Programme

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