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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.

Agriculture Minister Targets Women and Youth

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is ensuring that at least 30 per cent of participants in the agriculture and entrepreneurship programmes under his portfolio are women and young people. He said that the...

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Agriculture Minister Seeks Grant to Advance Coffee Industry

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.

Discussions to be Held with Private Landowners – Shaw

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.

7 years ago Agriculture

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,...

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...

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.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

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...

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.

7 years ago Agriculture

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...

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.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Markets Identified for Local Produce

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government has identified four distinct markets for locally grown foods. These markets, he notes, are the hotel industry; the CARICOM region, where fresh and processed foods can be exported duty-free; the diaspora, and the national school-feeding programme, which will see children eating fresh foods, instead of imported and...

7 years ago AgricultureBudget 2019/2020

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...

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.

7 years ago Agriculture

JISCO/Alpart Assists 540 St. Elizabeth Farmers

A total of 540 farmers in the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart operating areas of St. Elizabeth have benefited from vouchers valued at $2.7 million to purchase farm inputs. The support was provided under the company’s Agricultural Stimulus Programme. The vouchers, valued at $5,000 each, are redeemable at various farm stores in the parish, and enable the farmers to...