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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), inspects a plant at the opening of the Jamaica Horticultural Society’s Flower Show 2018 on Friday, April 27, at the Society’s showground in Hope Pastures, Kingston. The show was held under the theme: ‘Nature’s Beauty – Our Duty’. At right is President of the Jamaica Horticultural Society, Dr. Janine Dawkins, and at left is President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), inspects a plant at the opening of the Jamaica Horticultural Society’s Flower Show 2018 on Friday, April 27, at the Society’s showground in Hope Pastures, Kingston. The show was held under the theme: ‘Nature’s Beauty – Our Duty’. At right is President of the Jamaica Horticultural Society, Dr. Janine Dawkins, and at left is President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant.

Local Horticulturalists Encouraged to Take Advantage of Export Market

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging local horticulturalists to take advantage of the commercial opportunities in the international market. “We need to take that step and seek to isolate a number of our flowers...
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), accepts a bottle of banana wine from the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Parish Manager for St. James, Keisha McNeill (right), during a tour of parish booths at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ 2018 National Achievement Expo, held at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in Clarendon, on April 27. At centre is Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake.
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), accepts a bottle of banana wine from the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Parish Manager for St. James, Keisha McNeill (right), during a tour of parish booths at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ 2018 National Achievement Expo, held at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in Clarendon, on April 27. At centre is Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake.

Agriculture Minister Says Idle Lands Must Be Utilised
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), speaking with State Minister, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s Sensitisation Meeting and National Irish Potato Stakeholders Seminar held in Devon, Manchester, on Thursday (April 26).
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), speaking with State Minister, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s Sensitisation Meeting and National Irish Potato Stakeholders Seminar held in Devon, Manchester, on Thursday (April 26).

Agriculture Minister Calls on Farmers to Produce More Irish Potatoes
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw .
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw .

$300 Million to Expand and Upgrade Infrastructure at Bodles Research Station
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), exchanges Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) document with Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Barton Clarke, at the signing held at the Ministry in New Kingston on April 25. The MOU was signed for the refurbishing of the Bodles Research Station’s seed laboratory and storage facility in St Catherine.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), exchanges Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) document with Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Barton Clarke, at the signing held at the Ministry in New Kingston on April 25. The MOU was signed for the refurbishing of the Bodles Research Station’s seed laboratory and storage facility in St Catherine.

Cabinet to Review National Seed Policy

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US$950 Million for BPO and Tourism Projects

The Government has programmed capital expenditure of approximately US$950 million on business process outsourcing (BPO) and tourism projects, through Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), for the 2018/19 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, while delivering the opening 2018/19 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 1). Mr. Shaw...
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Agriculture Minister to Place More Focus on Fisheries

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be placing more focus on fisheries during this fiscal year, with the hope of increasing the nation’s earnings from the sector. Making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House on May 1, Mr. Shaw said in addition to focusing on the development of this sector,...
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Five Million Fruit Trees to be Planted over Five Years

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says an aggressive fruit tree planting programme will be implemented over the next five years. As part of this initiative, dubbed the Greening of Jamaica, the Jamaica 4-H Clubs will make available the first one million seedlings over the next year. “We want to plant one million fruit trees per year...
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Agriculture Minister to Craft Plan to Grow Sector

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be working towards developing a new plan during this fiscal year for long-term growth and sustainability in Jamaica’s agricultural sector. “If we are going to chart a new course for the agricultural sector, we must begin with a plan with a sufficiently long-term horizon,” Mr. Shaw said...
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Growth in Agriculture Subsectors

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has reported that there was growth in seven subsectors in agriculture in 2017, when compared to their production in 2016. These subsectors are corn, plantain, banana, pineapple, dasheen, coconut and milk. Mr. Shaw made the announcement during his presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 1). “Notwithstanding an...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry (left) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Barton Clarke, sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the refurbishing of the Bodles Research Station’s seed laboratory and storage facility, in St. Catherine. The signing took place on April 25 at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue corporate offices in New Kingston.
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MOU Signed to Upgrade Seed Lab at Bodles

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the refurbishing of the Bodles Research Station’s seed laboratory and storage facility in St. Catherine. This is one of several adaptation initiatives being implemented under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR), with grant funding...
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Gov’t Protecting Consumers from Substandard Goods

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says Jamaica remains vigilant in protecting consumers from the influx of substandard goods in the marketplace. He noted that while it is estimated that 80 per cent  of global trade is affected by standards and technical regulations,  Jamaica still has to be alert in order to ensure that “ our...
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