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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'Affaires of the EU Delegation in Jamaica, Jose Luis Martinez Prada, admire a bunch of bananas at a forum, held on July 20 at the AIBGA farm supply outlet, in Trinity, St. Mary.

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...

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.

Farm Up Jamaica Limited (FUJL) Endorsed by Minister Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), is shown a fruit and vegetable processor by Caribbean Cable Company’s (CCC) outgoing Managing Director, Ariel Roman Colina (2nd left), during a visit to the entity’s plant at Rodon’s Pen in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Tuesday, July 19. Others (from left) are CCC’s newly appointed Managing Director, Jose Estevez Torres; and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Acting Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson.

Gov’t Forging Partnership to Source Tools for Farmers

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

Closing of Sectoral Debate – Hon. Karl Samuda

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, closes the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 12.

Government Will Take Decisive Action to Tackle Crime – Samuda

10 years ago AgricultureSectoral Debate 2016/2017

$800 Million to Rehabilitate Cane Roads

Some $800 million will be spent to rehabilitate 80 kilometres of cane roads in sugar-producing parishes, under the Sugar Transformation Programme. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, as he closed the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 12. The works will be undertaken in St. Thomas, Hanover, St....

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister , Hon. Karl Samuda (right), observes sugar cane processing activities at the Long Pond Sugar Factory, during a tour of the Clark’s Town Trelawny-based facility on July 8. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry (3rd right); and Mayor of Falmouth, Garth Wilkinson (2nd right), also look on.

10 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Gov’t to Tackle Sale of Imported Refined Sugar in Retail Trade

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government will be moving to tackle the problem of imported refined sugar for use in the manufacturing sector, which ends up in the retail trade. “You cannot have sugar being produced…brought back having been refined and then you have manufacturers, who use that refined sugar as raw material,...

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

10 years ago Agriculture

Talks Underway With Potential New Investors for Long Pond – Minister Samuda

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says that talks are underway with potential new investors in the operations at the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Clark’s Town, Trelawny. He said the Ministry “is working overtime” with the owners of Everglades, which operates Long Pond, to conclude the negotiations. Minister Samuda, who was addressing employees and cane...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses sugar stakeholders at the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Clark’s Town, Trelawny during a tour of the facility on Friday (July 8).

10 years ago Agriculture

Gov’t Puts Measures in Place to Keep Monymusk Open – Hon. Karl Samuda

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says strategies employed by the Government at the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon will ensure that the facility remains open when the current sugar crop ends. Speaking during a tour of the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Clark’s Town, Trelawny on Friday (July 8), Minister Samuda said operational issues affecting...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), in conversation with Donnie Nembhard (right), a farmer at the New Forest/Duff House Agro Park, in Manchester, during his tour on July 7. At centre is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry. The occasion was the handover of a drip irrigation system funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $75 million.

10 years ago Agriculture

Major Investment at Hounslow Agro Park

A major conglomerate will be investing in more than 200 acres of land for the production of hot peppers at the Hounslow Agro Park, in St. Elizabeth. Making the disclosure, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the company will provide the farmers on the land with all the planting material and fertiliser. “At the end...

10 years ago Agriculture

Spotlight on Organic Farming at Denbigh

Organic farming and food security will be the focus of this year’s symposium at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. The event will be hosted by Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Task Force (JDATF) in partnership with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS). Addressing a JIS Think Tank recently, President of the JAS, Norman Grant, said the symposium will offer training, technical...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, making his contribution to the 2016/2017 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 5.

10 years ago AgricultureSectoral Debate 2016/2017

Five Agro-Economic Zones to be Established

The Government is looking to establish up to five agro-economic zones, which will provide farmers with a reliable market for their produce, and contribute to the reduction of praedial larceny. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said the zones will be equipped with cold storage facilities, abattoirs, and wholesale outlets. They...