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Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Nesta Morgan, addresses teachers and students at the Knockalva Polytechnic College Agro Fest in Hanover on June 6.

Agriculture Positively Impacting Many Lives – Senator Morgan

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Nesta Morgan, says agriculture is undergoing a type of renaissance that is positively impacting many lives as well as communities across Jamaica. Addressing teachers and students at the Knockalva...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, emphasises a point while addressing the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) Chief Executive Officer's (CEO) Breakfast, at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on Friday (June 7).

Minister Shaw Urges Local Entities to Get JANAAC Stamp of Approval

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), along with (from left) Owner, Longville Park Fish Farm, Donnie Bunting; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Director of Fisheries in the Fisheries Division of the Ministry, André Kong, view fish in a tank at the farm, in Clarendon, today (June 7). Minister Shaw, along with technical officers from the Ministry and representatives from other large fish farms, toured the farm and hatchery.

PHOTOS: Shaw Tours Longville Park Fish Farm

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); Executive Chairman, ARC Manufacturing Limited, Norman Horne (left); and Deputy President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association, Richard Pandohie, tour the newly established metal slitter plant at ARC Manufacturing Limited in Kingston, recently.

Government Pursuing Programme to Facilitate Trade

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Jamaica to Lobby US Gov’t on Medical Cannabis

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), purchases agricultural items on sale at the launch of the 2019 Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, on June 5, at the Hi-Pro Ace Supercentre, in White Marl, St. Catherine. Assisting the Minister is Training Base Enterprise Manager at Ebony Park Academy, Selma Khani (left), and Assistant Vice President at Hi-Pro, Colonel Jaimie Ogilvie.

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Small Dairy Farmers Encouraged to Prepare for Revival of Sector

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging small dairy farmers to get ready for a turnround of the industry. According to the Minister, permission will be given to several large companies to import dairy cattle from disease-free countries, so that the shortage can be filled, because “we want to rebuild our industry”. Delivering the keynote...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses stakeholders during the opening ceremony of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE), which was held recrntly at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

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Agriculture Ministry Boosting Production for Local and Int’l Markets

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says focus is being placed on boosting agricultural production in order to tap into local and international value chains. “This Government is committed to building the value chain. We have to grow (production) first and put it through the value chain, process it and you have some for local sale...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right) speaks with Correctional Officer, St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, Joel Lilly (right), during a tour of the farm on the grounds of the correctional facility in Spanish Town on Tuesday (June 4). Looking on (from left) are Superintendent Herbert McFarlane; Director, Economic Cooperation, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Keiichi Kosaki and Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake.

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Minister Shaw Hails St. Catherine Correctional Centre Farm Project

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is hailing the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre on its sustainable farming and rainwater harvesting project. This initiative has been ongoing for over two years through support from the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) and the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership Pilot Project (J-CCCP). Under the...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, converses with students the Golden Valley Primary and Infant School in St. Mary, during the annual Castleton Botanical Gardens Expo on Friday, May 31. The event was hosted by the Ministry’s Public Gardens Division under the theme: ‘Protect our Species’. The expo serves to heighten patrons’ awareness about the Gardens’ wide-ranging plant species.

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PHOTOS: Minister Shaw Attends Castleton Expo St Mary

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, converses with students the Golden Valley Primary and Infant School in St. Mary, during the annual Castleton Botanical Gardens Expo on Friday, May 31. The event was hosted by the Ministry’s Public Gardens Division under the theme: ‘Protect our Species’. The expo serves to heighten patrons’ awareness about the Gardens’ wide-ranging...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), examines pudding made by farmer, Theressa Ewers, during the 2019 staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA) St. Bess Agri-Fest, held at the Santa Cruz Community Centre in St. Elizabeth on Friday, May 31.

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Gov’t Moving to Reduce Importation of Organic Produce

The Government will be redoubling efforts to promote programmes aimed at reducing Jamaica’s importation of organic agricultural produce. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, made the announcement while addressing farmers at the 2019 staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA) St. Bess Agri-Fest held at the Santa Cruz Community Centre in St....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson, speaking at the Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners Community Council Agriculture, Education and Industry Expo and Fun Fair on the grounds of the Port Rhodes Sports Club in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, on Thursday (May 30).

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Stakeholder Support Being Lobbied to Create Agro-Economic Zone in St. Ann

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, is calling for a public-private partnership to be forged to create an agro-economic zone in St. Ann. He says the zone will help to boost the parish’s agricultural productivity and ensure a reliable supply of crops for the local and export markets as well as...

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220 Small Farmers to Take Up Plots at Holland Bamboo

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says that approximately 220 small farmers will be cultivating plots on the 2,400-acre farm to be established at Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth. Minister Hutchinson, who was speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, said that the property will be officially handed over on...