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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

Cannabis Authority Approves 11 More Licences

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has approved an additional 11 applications for licences in the medical cannabis industry. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, said that “the applicants are preparing to receive their licences”. He was...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

First Shipment of US-Bound Jamaican Mangoes Being Delivered in May
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

JTIP to Boost Trade
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

Agriculture Minister Targets Women and Youth
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

SBDC Model to be Rolled Out During Fiscal Year

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
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JAMPRO Clients Create 14,401 Jobs

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the number of jobs created by JAMPRO clients in 2018/19 was 14,401, exceeding the target of 14,156. Making his contribution to the 2019/2020 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives today (April 23), he also noted that the value of export shipments (export sales) by JAMPRO clients was US$762...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
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Agriculture Minister Seeks Grant to Advance Coffee Industry

A sum of US$100 million in grant funding has been requested from the Chinese Government to advance the development of the coffee industry. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, said the money will be used to rebuild the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. “I have already had discussions with the present owner of a large part of...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), views baby chickens at the St. Mary Agricultural Show, held yesterday (April 22) at the Gray’s Inn Sports Complex in Annotto Bay. Also pictured (from left) are Assistant Vice President at Hi-Pro, Colonel Jaimie Ogilvie; Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Fenton Ferguson; and President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton.
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Discussions to be Held with Private Landowners – Shaw

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says discussions will be held with private landowners for them to lease thousands of acres to farmers. Delivering the keynote address at the St. Mary Agricultural Show, held on April 22 at the Gray’s Inn Sports Complex in Annotto Bay, Mr. Shaw said while the Ministry is making State-owned lands...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre), and President of the St. James Association of Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris (right), listen intently to Centre Manager of the Georgia 4-H Centre , Nichi Ennis, at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show, which was held in St. James on April 22.
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JAS to Become Non-Governmental Organisation

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has informed that the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) will be transitioning from a government to a non-governmental organisation (NGO) over the next two years. “This means that the JAS will have to stand on its own two feet, and it will have to make money,...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with Board Secretary, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Dennise Williams, at the SBAJ’s second regional Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Conference, on April 17, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
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Land Bank Being Developed

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says a land bank is being developed, geared at pinpointing properties across Jamaica that are suitable for agriculture, but are not being used. Speaking at the opening ceremony for the Small Business Association of Jamaica’s (SBAJ) second regional Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Conference on April 17 at The...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), examines a container with pepper sauce made and packaged by Entrepreneur, Mama Sassy’s Gourmet Pepper Sauce, Cherelle Cartwright (left), at the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) second regional Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Caribbean Conference 2019 on April 17, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. At right is President, Small Business Association of Jamaica, Hugh Johnson.
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Trade Information Portal to Go Live in May

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Jamaica Trade Information Portal is expected to go live in May. Mr. Shaw made the announcement at the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) second regional Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Caribbean Conference 2019 on April 17, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. He said...
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Dean of Science and Technology at the Mona Campus at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Michael A. Taylor (left), addresses a Farmers’ Month public lecture at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in St. Andrew on April 10.
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Farmers Urged to Rethink Methods

A university lecturer is encouraging farmers across the island to adopt climate-smart practices in order to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters. Dean of Science and Technology at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Michael A. Taylor, said that with rising temperatures, unpredictability of rain, drought and other climatic phenomena, farmers will have to...
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