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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a virtual town hall meeting on May 14.

Agriculture Ministry Gets Additional $1 Billion To Boost Food Security

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has been allocated an additional $1 billion in budgetary support, to boost food security and assist small farmers for the 2020/2021 financial year. Speaking at a virtual town hall meeting on May...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford (left), hands over one of the two firefighting backpack pumps to Flagaman Farmers' Representative, Deron Moxam (second left), on May 7, following a tour of farms in the St. Elizabeth community that were razed by fire in August of last year. Sharing the moment are State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), and Secretary of the Flagaman’s Farmers Group, Veron Reynolds.

Farmers In Flagaman Get Backpack Pumps To Fight Fires

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual press briefing on Monday (May 4) at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Full Reopening Of Agriculture And Construction Sectors

Shoppers purchase produce at a farmers’ market which was hosted at the Barbican football field in North East St. Andrew on Thursday (April 30). The event, which was organised by Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, who is the Member of Parliament for the area, in collaboration with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), forms part of efforts to assist farmers in disposing of excess produce resulting from a downturn in demand, particularly within several key sectors such as tourism, due to the negative economic ripple impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

PHOTOS: Scenes From Barbican Farmers Market

Workers packaging food items at the first Drive-Thru Farmers’ Market, organised by the Agro-Investment Corporation on Wednesday (April 29), at 188 Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11.

PHOTOS: Agro-Investment Drive-Thru Farmers’ ‘Market

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MICAF Celebrates Increase in Exports

A number of Jamaican companies are experiencing a rise in the exportation of their products amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) congratulates manufacturers and exporters who have seized the opportunities that have arisen. MICAF continues to work with our manufacturers and exporters to remove barriers, and strengthen the sector. Since March, companies including...

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MICAF Provides Assistance for Pig Farmers

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has met with the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association to address storage issues being faced by local pig farmers due to the disruption in the market amidst the COVID-19 crisis. The team from the Ministry, led by State Minister Floyd Green, sat down with President of the Association Annabel Williams and Secretary,...

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$1 Billion Available for Agriculture Programme to Assist Small Farmers

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says an additional $1billion has been allocated to the Ministry’s Productivity Incentive Programme (PIP) to assist small farmers in light of challenges being experienced because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Shaw said the sum is contained in the early supplementary budget recently tabled in Parliament by Finance and the Public Service...

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Millions of Surplus Produce Redistributed

Over the past three weeks some $50 million has been allocated to redistributing excess crops and fresh produce held by farmers in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in Jamaica and the consequent fall out of demand from the tourism and other markets. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture Fisheries through its agency, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority working with...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP

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Farm Fresh Vegetables for Portmore

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Honourable Audley Shaw, is assuring residents of Portmore, St.Catherine that there will be more than enough farm fresh fruits and vegetables on offer at affordable prices come this Saturday, April 25, when the community will again have a shopping day under COVID-19 restrictions. The Minister made the declaration on Tuesday (April 21)...

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Export Fees are Down 50%, Says State Minister Green

As part of the government’s stimulus package, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has cut export related fees and charges by 50 per cent. This move has been implemented by Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) and the Trade Board Ltd. State Minister at MICAF, Floyd Green says, “One of the matters that the Export Growth Team...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), look at farm produce on display at the Ministry

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Minister Shaw Announces $100-Million Programme To Ramp Up Food Production

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Ministry is spending some $100 million on a programme aimed at mitigating the impact of drought on farmers and to gain at least a five-per cent growth in food production. He said the programme will be carried out over a 12-month period, targeting the planting of vegetables, fruits,...