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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.
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.

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...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), samples coco chips at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation-sponsored Clarendon Agro-Economic Symposium, held at St. Gabriel’s Church Hall in May Pen on April 9. At left is the chips maker, Gary Green.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), samples coco chips at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation-sponsored Clarendon Agro-Economic Symposium, held at St. Gabriel’s Church Hall in May Pen on April 9. At left is the chips maker, Gary Green.

Markets Identified for Local Produce
Farmers and Alpart Community Council representatives display vouchers presented by Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart through its Agricultural Stimulus Programme. The presentations were made at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain, recently.
Farmers and Alpart Community Council representatives display vouchers presented by Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart through its Agricultural Stimulus Programme. The presentations were made at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain, recently.

JISCO/Alpart Assists 540 St. Elizabeth Farmers
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), addresses the opening session of the three-day World Trade Organization (WTO) Regional Workshop on ‘Fisheries Subsidies for Caribbean Countries’, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (April 9). Listening keenly WTO Rules Division Counsellor, John Finn, and Legal/Economic Affairs Officer, Taal Sainabou.
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), addresses the opening session of the three-day World Trade Organization (WTO) Regional Workshop on ‘Fisheries Subsidies for Caribbean Countries’, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (April 9). Listening keenly WTO Rules Division Counsellor, John Finn, and Legal/Economic Affairs Officer, Taal Sainabou.

Countries Participate in Fisheries Workshop
National Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) Director in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Denworth Finnikin.
National Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) Director in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Denworth Finnikin.

More Students Being Exposed to Agriculture in Schools

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Coconut Board Implementing Measures to Grow Industry

The Coconut Industry Board (CIB) will be undertaking measures in the new financial year aimed at expanding the industry. This entity is looking to acquire property at Water Valley in St. Mary or other location to establish a new seed garden, nursery and farm that will facilitate the construction of coconut water and oil factories. In addition, the organisation will...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with (from left) Jamaica 4-H Clubs Executive Director, Dr. Ronald Blake, and Chairman, Hidran McKulskie, during the organisation’s National Achievement Expo at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, on April 5.
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Cabinet Receives Agriculture Ministry Submission Regarding AMC Complex

Cabinet has received a submission from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, seeking to reverse plans to sell the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) complex on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who says the nine-acre property was put up for sale in January 2016, reiterated plans to transform the complex into a modern agro-processing...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), listens to a point being made by Certified Management Consultant, Dr. Nsombi Jaja (left), during a management consulting standard ‘train the trainers’ workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (April 2). Also pictured (from second left) are Senior Consultant in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and ISO 9001:2015 Ambassador, Reginald Budhan; and workshop facilitator, Nick Warn.
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Gov’t Targeting Standards-Driven Transformation for Jamaica

The Government is targeting Jamaica’s transformation to a standards-driven society, through the certification of key State agencies under the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) protocol. This was disclosed by Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who said his Ministry is working with the entities to attain ISO 9001:2015 certification, which stipulates Quality Management System (QMS) requirements. He...
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Director of Fisheries in the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, André Kong (left), peruses a document with Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry, Courtney Cole, at the Jamaica Fishermen Co-operative Union Limited annual general meeting, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on April 2. Mr. Cole read the Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw’s speech at the event.
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New Fisheries Act to Come Into Force Soon

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the new Fisheries Act has been promulgated and will come into force soon. He explains that this new law will not only facilitate modern fisheries management and development strategies, and significantly increase the maximum fines for breaches of the law, but will also transform the Fisheries Division into the...
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Illegal Fishing Vessels Forfeited

Jamaica sent a clear message on Friday, March 22, 2019 to illegal fishers poaching in Jamaica’s fishing territory with the forfeiture of two fishing vessels and the criminal conviction of Dominican Republic fishermen, Limbert Valdemura and Manuel Martinez, in the Corporate Area Criminal Court. Valdemura and Martinez are the captains of the two vessels manned by a 54-member crew of...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), converse with Hardware and Lumber Limited’s Marketing and Customer Experience Officer, Andrea Green-Browne, during an ‘Economic Opportunities Workshop’ Grant Handover Ceremony in Accompong, St. Elizabeth, on March 22.
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Accompong Targeted for Hemp Pilot

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says there are plans for a hemp cultivation pilot project in the Maroon community of Accompong, St Elizabeth. Mr. Hutchinson indicated that the Ministry is looking to cultivate 50 acres of the plant for use as raw material in a variety of commercial products, including...
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Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, in discussion with Senior Director, Adaptation, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Le-Anne Roper, during the National Conference on ‘Accelerating the Application of Climate-smart Agriculture Innovations and/or Technologies’, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on March 25.
Agriculture

Farmers to Learn about Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices

Some 5,000 farmers from the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland are to benefit from a €400,000 (J$5.6-million) project, aimed at increasing their capacity to implement climate-smart agricultural practices. Dubbed, ‘Accelerating the Uptake of Climate-smart Agriculture in Jamaica’, the project is to strengthen the resilience to climate extremes and improve agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in...
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