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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Employee Engagement Conference 2018, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Monday (October 22). Seated at left is Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Valerie Veira,

Agriculture Minister Says Some Sugar Cane Lands Will be Used for Other Crops

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has reiterated that some lands that were once used for sugar-cane production will soon be rationalised for the growing of other crops. Speaking at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC)...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday, October 17.

Gov’t Standardising Bamboo Industry to Spur Investment

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings (second left), shares in light conversation with (from left) National Standards Council Chairman, James Rawle; Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Executive Director, Stephen Wedderburn; and Chief Executive Officer of American energy firm, INTREN, Kelly Tomblin, at the BSJ's National Quality Awards Ceremony and Banquet, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (October 16).

Gov’t Committed to Strengthening Quality Infrastructure

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), handing over a fruit seedling to President, University of Technology (UTech), Professor Stephen Vasciannie, at the opening ceremony of a two-day World Food Day conference and exhibition, on Tuesday (October 16) at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in St. Andrew.

Minister Shaw Calls for Increased Investment in Agriculture

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), tours Isratech’s retail outlet with Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Benjamin Hodara, prior to the official opening of the company’s new complex in Reading, St James, on Wednesday (October 10).

Agriculture Minister Calls on Farmers to Utilise New Irrigation Technology

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate on October 12, 2018.

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Senate Approves New Fisheries Act

A new Fisheries Act, aimed at further safeguarding the local sector, was passed in the Senate on October 12. The Bill, which will replace the Fishing Industry Act of 1975, will establish the legal and regulatory framework that creates the enabling environment for the sector’s sustainable growth. This includes ramping up measures to tackle poaching and unregulated fishing in Jamaican waters....

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Agriculture Minister Calls on Farmers to Utilise New Irrigation Technology

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on farmers to utilise new irrigation technology to improve crop quality and to increase production. Mr. Shaw said of the close to 200,000 acres of irrigable lands in Jamaica, about 12 to 13 per cent have been irrigated, adding that it is an issue that needs to be...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, displays a bag containing breadfruit flour during a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was making his contribution to a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, regarding the increased use of nutritious local produce under the school-feeding programme.

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Agricultural Sector Can Produce More for School-Feeding Programme – Shaw

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the agricultural sector can produce and make more local foods available to support students through the School-Feeding Programme. “There are several agricultural products in which we have already achieved 100 per cent market share that could be used in the School-Feeding Programme, such as carrots, callaloo, cabbage, pumpkin, sweet...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, displays a bag containing Scotch bonnet pepper at a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was speaking on a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, regarding the increased use of nutritious local produce under the school-feeding programme.

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Company to Process Local Foods for UK Market

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is working with a company that intends to process local foods for the United Kingdom (UK) market. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, during a siting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was making his contribution to a motion brought by Member of Parliament...

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Vice President in charge of Research Advocacy and Project Implementation, Shullette Cox (right), converses with Promotions and Research Manager, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Tina-Marie Williams, during Tuesday’s (October 9) National Investment Policy Forum at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. The forum was jointly held by JAMPRO and the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), under the theme ‘Enhancing Jamaica’s Competitiveness among Global Investors’.

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JAMPRO Collating Recommendations on Draft National Investment Policy

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is seeking to finalise the collation of stakeholder recommendations from consultations now under way with key government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), on the draft National Investment Policy (NIP) Green Paper by the end of the week. Vice President of JAMPRO, Shullette Cox, said this is aimed at updating the document for presentation to the Ministry...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, has a light moment with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, during the JMEA’s awards gala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6).

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‘Produce Local and Export Global’ – Metry Seaga

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Metry Seaga, has charged manufacturers and exporters to “produce local and export global”. He was speaking at the JMEA awards gala held on Saturday (October 6) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Mr. Seaga said that manufacturing is showing positive signs with good growth numbers each quarter. “I personally am very...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) converses with J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Chairman, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence (right) prior to the start of the recently held handover ceremony for the Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth. The school was renovated and expanded by J. Wray & Nephew Foundation at a cost of over $30 million.

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Agro-Economic Zone for Holland Estate

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says a major agro-economic zone is to be established at the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth. He made the disclosure at a recent handover ceremony for the expanded Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, in the Parish. Mr. Hutchinson said the agro-economic zone will comprise...