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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); and Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), share a laugh as they examine cassava used in the production of Red Stripe Beer. Occasion was a tour of the company’s plant on Spanish Town Road on August 3. Managing Director of Red Stripe, Ricardo Nuncio; and head of Corporate Relations, Dianne Ashton Smith, also share the light moment.
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); and Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), share a laugh as they examine cassava used in the production of Red Stripe Beer. Occasion was a tour of the company’s plant on Spanish Town Road on August 3. Managing Director of Red Stripe, Ricardo Nuncio; and head of Corporate Relations, Dianne Ashton Smith, also share the light moment.

Expansion of Red Stripe Cassava Project to Create More Jobs

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, has committed the Government’s full support for plans by Red Stripe to expand its cassava project, which will create more jobs for Jamaicans. “As far as we are concerned, working together...
President of the Thompson Town branch of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Althea Pryce, at the 2015 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show.
President of the Thompson Town branch of the Trelawny Branch Societies of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Althea Pryce, at the 2015 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show.

Thompson Town Farm Group Improving Lives
Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (2nd left), provides information about the programme, during a recent JIS Think Tank. Others (from left) are Secretary FUJL, Daihana Martinez; Director of the Diaspora and Consular Affairs Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders; and Inter-farm Supervisor for FUJL, Dahlia Cole.
Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (2nd left), provides information about the programme, during a recent JIS Think Tank. Others (from left) are Secretary FUJL, Daihana Martinez; Director of the Diaspora and Consular Affairs Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Sharon Saunders; and Inter-farm Supervisor for FUJL, Dahlia Cole.

Farm Up Pushing Youth into Agriculture
Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis, addresses a recent JIS ThinkTank.
Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis, addresses a recent JIS ThinkTank.

Farm Up Jamaica Helping to Boost Local Agriculture
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), tours the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on August 1,with Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant (left) and Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), tours the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on August 1,with Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant (left) and Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right).

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Minister Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.
Agriculture

Government Pursuing Organic Agriculture

The Government is pursuing the development of organic agriculture as part of the economic growth agenda. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says they are “serious about it” and “will be extending ourselves fully in that area.” He was speaking at the official opening of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), and Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant (centre), examine a rabbit that was on display at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on Saturday, July 30. Looking on is JAS First Vice-President, Donald Berry.
Agriculture

Denbigh Showground Proposed to House Youth In Agriculture Programme

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, is proposing that the Youth In Agriculture Programme (YIAP) be housed at the Denbigh showground in Clarendon. He contends that if the programme is sited at the property, which is owned by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), it would, among other things, facilitate greater training opportunities for young people in agriculture....
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Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake (right), makes a presentation to 4-H Clubite, Martin Rose, during the prize-giving exercise at the Denbigh Agricultural Show in 2015.
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Youth in Agriculture Village at Denbigh

The Youth in Agriculture (YIA) village, to be set up at this year’s Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, will focus on entrepreneurship among young farmers. The village, themed ‘My Dream: Agripreneurship’, is an added feature at this year’s show, which will be held on the Denbigh Showgrounds in May Pen, Clarendon, from July 30 to August 1. An initiative...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rainforest Seafoods, Brian Jardim (centre), points out the various food items produced by his company. The occasion was a tour of the company’s manufacturing facility on Slipe Road in Kingston on July 27. At third right is President of the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), Michelle Chong.
AgriculturePrime Minister

Gov’t to Increase Protection of Fishing Territory

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government intends to do more to safeguard the country’s territorial waters against poaching. He noted that Jamaica loses approximately US$10 million annually due to illegal fishing. He said the fishing jurisdiction is an important zone that, if properly protected and tapped into, can contribute significantly to the country’s growth and development....
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Vincent Wright (right), and Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (centre) admire a yield of freshly produced crops during the FUJL press briefing held at the Ministry’s, Hope Road office on July 19.
Agriculture

NCU to Offer Degree and Diploma Programmes in Agriculture

The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) will be offering degree and diploma programmes in agriculture starting August 2016. The announcement was made by Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at NCU, Vincent Wright, during his address at the Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) press briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Old Hope Road...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left); General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie (centre), and Charge d
Agriculture

Banana Industry Rebounding in Several Parishes

The banana industry is rebounding and generating employment in the parishes of St. James, Portland and St. Mary. According to Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, strategies implemented by the Banana Board resulted in the production of 55,000 tonnes of the fruit in 2015, a three per cent increase over the...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Vincent Wright (right), and Executive Director of Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL), Neil Curtis (centre) admire a yield of freshly produced crops during the FUJL press briefing held at the Ministry’s, Hope Road office on July 19.
Agriculture

Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) Endorsed by Minister Hutchinson

Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) has been endorsed as one of the projects that will transform agriculture in Jamaica, by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson. The non-profit project has been established by the Jamaican Diaspora to assist local farmers to cultivate organic food and increase the country’s food exports, while...
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