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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education's (CASE) Founder’s Day, held on January 25 at the college campus in Passley Gardens, Portland.

Gov’t Targeting Expansion of Agro-Processing

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is looking to expand agro-processing for local consumption and export. He noted that four distinct markets are being targeted – CARICOM, the Jamaican Diaspora, hotels, and the...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson.

224 Farmers Registered for Holland Estate Agro-Economic Zone
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley.
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley.

JANAAC Providing Training for Public and Private Inspection Bodies
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Inspection Bodies Encouraged to Access Free Pre-Assessment
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

JANAAC to Accredit 50 Inspection Bodies in 2019

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President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, delivering the main address at the launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa on January 22.
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JIE to Showcase Local Manufacturing to a Global Audience

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, says the upcoming Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) will be another opportunity for local businesses to promote their goods and services to an international audience. Slated for the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, from May 30 to June 1, Mr. Seaga said the trade show will...
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President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, delivering the main address at the launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa on January 22.
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JMEA Looking To Capitalise on Export Opportunities

The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) will be pushing to capitalise on business opportunities that are available in the international market, says the entity’s President, Metry Seaga. “We are surrounded by an abundance of opportunities for Jamaican exports,” he said. “The United Kingdom’s (UK) import market grew by one per cent in 2017, which amounted to US$4.9 billion, while...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), enjoys a cup of coffee with (from left): Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, at the launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 15.
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Government to Help Improve Coffee Industry

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government will be taking a multipronged approach to improve the coffee industry. This includes market diversification and the increased productivity and production of Blue Mountain, High Mountain and Lowland coffee. Addressing the launch of the second annual Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at the Accompong Maroons’ 281st celebration of the signing of the peace treaty with the British and to commemorate the birthday of leader, Cudjoe, on Sunday (January 6), in the Maroon village in St. Elizabeth.
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Ganja Cultivation Project for Small Farmers to Begin by March – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Alternative Development Programme (ADP), which will provide an avenue for small ganja farmers to benefit from the ganja industry, will start by March 2019. The programme aims to prevent and eliminate the illicit cultivation of ganja and channel the process through legal streams. The pilot, which will commence in Accompong,...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right, standing),  observes as President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (second left, seated),  signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), at the JAMPRO offices in New Kingston on January 4. Also signing (from left) are Chairman of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Dennis Booth and Chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA), Norman Grant. Standing (at left) is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence.   
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Government Examining Long-term Solutions to Advance Coffee Industry

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is examining long-term solutions that will place the coffee industry in a better position. Among the solutions suggested is the reduction of infringements on the Jamaica Blue Mountain and Jamaica High Mountain coffee trademarks on the international scene, as well as locally, through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory...
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Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis (right) presents co-founders of MK’s Delect, Kayann Vanhorne (left) and Jamilee Black, with the prize for having the best booth at the Social Development Commission
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Small Entrepreneurs in St. Ann Get Help Through LEDSP

The St. Ann office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in partnership with the St. Ann Municipal Corporation, is giving small entrepreneurs in the parish a push-start through the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP). The LEDSP is one of seven programmes of the SDC through which different partners in a local area are brought together to work and harness...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), and Chairman of Carib Cement Company Limited, Parris Lyew-Ayee (left), applaud following the official unveiling of the new concrete road in Litchfield, Manchester, on December 16. Others (from second left) are Councillor, Walderston Division, Leroy Mitchell; and General Manager, Carib Cement Company Limited, Peter Donkersloot Ponce. Caribbean Cement Company Limited rehabilitated 530 metres of roads in the farming community as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
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PHOTOS: Minister Shaw Opens Farm Road in Litchfield, Manchester

  Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), is in discussion with Chairman of Carib Cement Company Limited, Parris Lyew-Ayee (right); and General Manager, Carib Cement Company Limited Peter Donkersloot Ponce, during the official opening of the new concrete road in Litchfield, Manchester on December 16. Caribbean Cement rehabilitated 530 metres of road in the farming...
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