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Workers plant hemp at Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny.
Workers plant hemp at Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny.

Residents Welcome Organic Growth Holdings’ Investment In Trelawny

Several residents of Trelawny have welcomed the employment opportunities afforded them by Organic Growth Holdings (OGH) Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in the parish. At least 30 residents from the communities of Jackson Town, Clarks Town...
General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie.
General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie.

Banana Board On Alert For Threat Of TR4 Disease
Workers plant hemp at Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny.
Workers plant hemp at Organic Growth Holdings Incorporated’s craft medicinal hemp farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny.

Planting Begins On Medicinal Hemp Farm In Trelawny
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), listens to Minister Audley Shaw (centre), at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing, on Thursday (December 5), in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), listens to Minister Audley Shaw (centre), at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing, on Thursday (December 5), in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence.

Minister Calls On Farmers To Write Letters For Road Repairs
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), hands over the Cannabis Licensing Authority
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), hands over the Cannabis Licensing Authority's (CLA) 50th licence for operations in the local medical cannabis industry to Director of Outlier Biopharma Limited, Brian Thelwell (right), on Wednesday (December 4), at the CLA's New Kingston offices. Sharing in the moment is Chief Executive Officer, CLA, Lincoln Allen.

CLA Issues 50th Licence

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing the recent Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in St. Andrew.
AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Pedro Plains Irrigation Feasibility Study Completed

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Pedro Plains Irrigation Feasibility Study has been completed. The study was jointly undertaken by the Governments of Jamaica and France to establish an irrigation system that will provide the farmers of Pedro Plains in St. Elizabeth with water from the Black River, which...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre); and Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Del Solar (right), engage with Cedric Hussey of the Mount Charles branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), at the Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in St. Andrew on November 25.
Agriculture

Ministry Looking To Hire Agricultural Aides To Assist Farmers

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is looking to strengthen the extension services provided by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) through the introduction of agricultural aides. Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the agricultural aides, who will be adequately trained, will work with farmers in communities in order to raise the country’s...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), joins Virtudes Company Limited’s Chief Operating Officer, Farrah Zaragan (left), and  the company
Agriculture

Minister Shaw Breaks Ground for Hemp Farm in Westmoreland

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, on Thursday (November 21), broke ground for a 113-acre hemp farm in Lennox Bigwoods, Westmoreland. Virtudes Company Limited, a wellness company, is behind the US$1-million investment.  The company has received licences to cultivate and manufacture hemp-based products, including hemp flower and Cannabidiol (CBD) oils to supply local and international health...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.
AgricultureEducationYouth

15 Case Students To Study Agriculture In Israel

Fifteen students from the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) will head to Israel on Monday (November 25) for an 11-month agricultural training programme. The students, who will be in Israel until October 2020, are the first cohort to benefit under a scholarship programme that was initiated following a visit to the Middle Eastern country last year by...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States in June, at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James. At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.
Agriculture

Registered Farmers Reap Success With Export Of Mangoes

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says the export of mangoes to the United States earlier this year was a success for registered farmers. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Hutchinson said as a result, many farmers who had given up their orchards, are now looking to put them back...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.
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Farmers To Benefit From Tourism Boom

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging farmers to position themselves to take advantage of the expected boom in tourism over the next two years. He said that the Government’s target of adding 15,000 hotel rooms by 2021 presents a golden opportunity for players in the local sector. Mr. Shaw, who was speaking to JIS...
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