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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (foreground), on a tour of the Monymusk Sugar Factory, in Clarendon, on March 31. Occasion was the official reopening of the factory.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (foreground), on a tour of the Monymusk Sugar Factory, in Clarendon, on March 31. Occasion was the official reopening of the factory.

Government to Ensure Effective Management of Sugar Industry

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government’s involvement in the sugar industry is to ensure effective management in the short term. According to Mr. Holness, the intervention at the Clarendon-based Monymusk Sugar Factory has informed him that...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (second left), with (from left) Managing Director, AMCHAM Finland, Dr. Erica Sauer; Country Managing Partner, Ernst and Young (EY), Allison Peart; and Private Sector Co-Chair, Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Jamaica, Derrick Nembhard, during an AMCHAM Breakfast Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on March 31. The forum was held under the theme ‘Trade and Investment: Prospects for 2017 and Beyond’.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (second left), with (from left) Managing Director, AMCHAM Finland, Dr. Erica Sauer; Country Managing Partner, Ernst and Young (EY), Allison Peart; and Private Sector Co-Chair, Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Jamaica, Derrick Nembhard, during an AMCHAM Breakfast Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on March 31. The forum was held under the theme ‘Trade and Investment: Prospects for 2017 and Beyond’.

Sugar Producers Urged To Seek New Markets in CARICOM
P8- Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is being greeted by Operations Director of B and D Trawling Limited, Sean Francis (centre), at the opening of the 15th meeting of the forum at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on March 30. Looking on is Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Milton Haughton.
P8- Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is being greeted by Operations Director of B and D Trawling Limited, Sean Francis (centre), at the opening of the 15th meeting of the forum at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on March 30. Looking on is Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Milton Haughton.

Agriculture Ministry Working to Fast-Track New Fisheries Act
Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda (2ND Left) , greets farmers at the launch of the 2016/17 Irish Potato Programme at the Shiloah Apostolic Church in Malton, Manchester on Friday (March 24).
Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda (2ND Left) , greets farmers at the launch of the 2016/17 Irish Potato Programme at the Shiloah Apostolic Church in Malton, Manchester on Friday (March 24).

Minister Samuda Expresses Support for Irish Potato Farmers
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (right), presents a special commemorative plaque to retired Senior Gardener in the Ministry’s Public Gardens Division, Julius Parke, who served the Ministry for just over 40 years. The presentation was made during a recent recognition ceremony for retirees at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (right), presents a special commemorative plaque to retired Senior Gardener in the Ministry’s Public Gardens Division, Julius Parke, who served the Ministry for just over 40 years. The presentation was made during a recent recognition ceremony for retirees at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

32 Retirees Honoured for Their Years of Service

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Agriculture

Fishermen Reaping the Benefits of Fish Sanctuary

The Fishermen of Oracabessa Bay in St. Mary are reaping the benefits of the locally established fish sanctuary, which has significantly increased the fish stock in the area. Manager of the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary, Inilek Wilmot tells JIS News since the inception of the project in 2008, there has been a significant increase in the fish stock. “We have...
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Agriculture

Retirees at Agriculture Ministry Lauded

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, says Jamaica owes a debt of gratitude to the Ministry’s employees whose work has helped to spur economic growth. Speaking at a recognition ceremony for 31 of the Ministry’s retirees at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on March 15, Mr. Stanberry noted that agriculture has...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addressing potato farmers in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, on Friday, March 10.
Agriculture

Farmers Urged to Play their Part in Growing Jamaica’s Economy

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C Hutchinson, has called on farmers to play their part in growing Jamaica’s economy. Speaking at Friday’s (March 10) Irish potato production post-harvest seminar and study tour in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, he emphasized that if farming does not grow, neither could the economy. To that end, he...
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Sections of banana farm in St. Mary.
Agriculture

EU-Funded Programme Breathes New Life into Banana Sector

Stakeholder activities under a $677.85-million (€5-million) European Union (EU) grant-funded programme to revitalise Jamaica’s banana sector, which had been seriously impacted by the weather in recent years, are far advanced. The Jamaica Banana Accompanying Measures (JBAM) Programme, being implemented by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), aims to spur increased production and other key outcomes, following recent fallouts caused by...
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Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Shaun Baugh (left), presents trophy to the Champion Cattle farmer at the 2017 Hague Agricultural and Livestock show, Carlton Smith. The presentation took place on March 1 during the opening ceremony for the annual event in Hague, Trelawny.
Agriculture

Growth in Agriculture Contributes to Lower Import Bill

Growth of 17 per cent in the agricultural sector in 2016 resulted in a reduction of US$6 million in the country’s food-import bill up to October, says Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Shaun Baugh. He pointed out that the positive performance of the sector is also ensuring that the nation’s food-security needs are met....
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University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona lecturer and entrepreneur, Dr. K’adamawe K’nife, makes a presentation to farmers from East and West Rural St. Andrew during a workshop by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Home Economics Division, aimed at providing the tools and information for them to transform their farming groups into successful business ventures. The workshop was hosted at the Michael Manley Foundation on Hope Boulevard on February 28.
Agriculture

RADA Stages Workshop for Farmers

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) hosted the first in a series of workshops for farmers, yesterday (February 28), aimed at providing the tools and information for cottage industries to transform agricultural production into formal business ventures. The initiative, being carried out by RADA’s Home Economics Division, brought together farmers from East and West Rural St. Andrew, at the Michael...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (3rd left), signs contract totalling $240 million to rehabilitate 60 kilometres of cane roads between Long Pond in Trelawny and the Appleton sugar factory in St. Elizabeth, today (February 28), at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices, in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Director of Stone Plus Limited, Clinton Campbell; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry, and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.
Agriculture

60 Kilometres of Cane Roads to be Rehabilitated

The Government is spending $240 million to rehabilitate 60 kilometres of cane roads between Long Pond in Trelawny and the Appleton factory in St. Elizabeth. The project will connect the two major sugar-producing areas, with sugar cane being transported to the Appleton factory for processing. The work will be undertaken over the next two financial years under the Cane Haul...
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