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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

Farm Roads to be Improved with Allocation of $752 Million

The Government is to spend $752 million to improve roads used by farmers to access to markets across the island. The money has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Under the...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), speaks with President, Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise in Cromwell, St. Mary, on Wednesday (February 27). Occasion was the launch of Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise Greenhouse Project, in the area.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), speaks with President, Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise in Cromwell, St. Mary, on Wednesday (February 27). Occasion was the launch of Elliot Farmers Community Enterprise Greenhouse Project, in the area.

St. Elizabeth to Get Agro-Economic Zone
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Chief Executive Officer, Valerie Veira, at the JBDC’s stakeholder breakfast forum, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (February 28). Mr. Shaw was the keynote speaker. The forum was held under the theme ‘Eye on 20/20: Exploring New Frontiers’.
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Chief Executive Officer, Valerie Veira, at the JBDC’s stakeholder breakfast forum, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (February 28). Mr. Shaw was the keynote speaker. The forum was held under the theme ‘Eye on 20/20: Exploring New Frontiers’.

Government Initiates Action to Access Dormant Funds to Assist MSMEs
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right); and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, listen as Chief Executive Officer of the Alligator Head Foundation, Dr. Dayne Buddo, highlights the functions of a weather station at Oyster Bay in Anchovy, Portland. Occasion was the official activation of a water-quality monitoring system for the Eastern Portland Fishery Conservation Area in the parish, recently.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right); and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, listen as Chief Executive Officer of the Alligator Head Foundation, Dr. Dayne Buddo, highlights the functions of a weather station at Oyster Bay in Anchovy, Portland. Occasion was the official activation of a water-quality monitoring system for the Eastern Portland Fishery Conservation Area in the parish, recently.

Agriculture Ministry Looking at Doubling Fish Sanctuaries
Director of Commerce in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins (right), in discussion with Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Derrick McKoy, during the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission WTO Training Workshop, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, on Monday (February 25).
Director of Commerce in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins (right), in discussion with Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Derrick McKoy, during the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission WTO Training Workshop, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, on Monday (February 25).

Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Develop Business Strategies to Protect Market Share

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Farmer, Raymond King, examines peppers in his greenhouse located in Content, Manchester, during a tour of the farm by Executives of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), recently.
Agriculture

Farmers Benefiting from JBI Greenhouse Project

Twenty farmers from Content in Manchester are getting ready to  reap sweet peppers and tomatoes from their greenhouses. They are part of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) Water Harvesting and Greenhouse Project that has been operating in eight communities across the island since 2013. The project aims to provide sustainable livelihoods for residents of mined-out communities. Marjorita Isaacs is the...
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Gov’t Allocates $1.75 Billion for Competitiveness and Growth Project

The Government has earmarked approximately $1.75 billion to continue work under the Jamaica Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project. The objective of the undertaking is to strengthen Jamaica’s business environment to facilitate private-sector investment by enhancing competition; facilitating strategic private investments; strengthening the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises; and financing policy and societal sensitisation through project implementation, monitoring and...
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Project to Improve Competitiveness of Agriculture Gets $326 Million

The Government will be intensifying measures to address challenges in the agriculture sector and improve the market potential of Jamaica’s fresh produce locally and internationally. This will be facilitated under the Agriculture Competitiveness Programme Bridging Project, which has been allocated some $326 million in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Several key strategies will be...
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JBDC Hosts Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be staging a Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop for food business operators on March 7. The session will be held at the JBDC’s Incubator and Resource Centre, Unit 10A, 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, starting at 9:00 a.m. It is open to all persons in the field of agro-processing, from manufacturers to restaurateurs, and...
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$628 Million Allocated for Essex Valley Irrigation Programme

The Government has allocated approximately $628 million to the Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme, which aims to boost the yield of crops in the arable St. Elizabeth region by at least 90 per cent. The money has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Ministry of Industry,...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addressing the launch of the University of Technology’s (UTech) new Master of Science in Integrated Rural Development graduate programme, at the institution’s campus in St. Andrew on February 7.
Agriculture

Gov’t Boosting Castor Bean Cultivation

The Government has identified 2,000 acres of land in Mitchell Town, Clarendon for increased castor bean cultivation. This is expected to significantly boost local production of castor oil, according to Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. “Exciting times are ahead and we are going to appropriate and put in technology to make sure that things are done...
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Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID) Condemns 70 Metric Tonnes of Imported White Rice Due to High Microbial Content

The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID), in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has confiscated 70 metric tonnes (1575 bags) of White Cinderella rice, valued at approximately $4.6 million, which was imported from Guyana by a local distributor. Upon inspection the rice had signs of mould growth, clumping, discolouration and wetting. As a result,...
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