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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

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling on farmers to write formal letters with requests for road repairs in their communities. Speaking at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Thursday (December 5) in Kingston, Minister without Portfolio...

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

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.

Pedro Plains Irrigation Feasibility Study Completed

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.

Ministry Looking To Hire Agricultural Aides To Assist Farmers

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), views produce on the stall of Joy Boman (left), at the Chapelton Market, Clarendon, on November 22, following the Farmers’ Market opening ceremony. The Clarendon Municipal Corporation hosted the Farmers’ Market as part of Local Government and Community Development Month celebrations. The aim of the Farmers’ Market is to revitalise the Chapelton Market space.

PHOTOS: Minister Shaw At Farmers’ Market

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

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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...

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.

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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...

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.

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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...

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...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), serves breakfast, which he prepared, to student of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Janessa Clarke, during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at the institution on Friday (November 15).

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School Breakfast Programme Being Revitalized in St. Elizabeth

Over 2,000 acres of farmland on the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth have been purposed to grow produce for the school breakfast programme for students that is being revitalized across the parish. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, made the announcement during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at Holland Primary School...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses guests during the official signing of a hotel management agreement between the Amaterra Jamaica Group and Marriott International, at the Hard Rock Café in St. James on Wednesday (November 13).

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Hoteliers Encouraged To Use More Local Produce

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging hoteliers islandwide to utilise more local produce in meals prepared for their guests. He was addressing the press launch for the official signing of a hotel management agreement between the Amaterra Jamaica Group and Marriott International, at the Hard Rock Café in St. James on Wednesday (November 13)....

Senior Director in the Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Delroy Coley (second right), looks on as immediate past Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Allan Rickards (second left), points out the varieties of sugar cane on display. Occasion was the 70th Annual General Meeting of the Association, held on Wednesday (November 13), at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. Mr. Coley represented Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the event. Others pictured from left are President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton; and Secretary/Manager of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Nigel Myrie.

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Gov’t Commits Additional $200 Million To Help Farmers Transport Sugar Cane

The Government is providing an additional $200 million for the transportation of sugar cane from Monymusk in Clarendon to the Worthy Park Estate in St. Catherine and Appleton Estate in St Elizabeth for the 2019/2020 crop season. The assurance came from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, in a speech delivered on his behalf by Senior...