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Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), examines banana being packaged for export, while on a visit to the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) Complex in Kingston on Friday (January 23). Others (from left) are: Head of Ashanti Limited, Noel Dempster; Permanent Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; St. Mary banana farmer, Noel Clarke; and Rita Hilton of Carita Jamaica Limited.
Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), examines banana being packaged for export, while on a visit to the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) Complex in Kingston on Friday (January 23). Others (from left) are: Head of Ashanti Limited, Noel Dempster; Permanent Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; St. Mary banana farmer, Noel Clarke; and Rita Hilton of Carita Jamaica Limited.

Agriculture Ministry Targets Banana Export Trade

By: Garfield L. Angus, January 24, 2015
As banana exports increase, the Ministry of Agriculture is moving to ensure that there is steady supply of high quality fruit for the overseas market. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier,...
Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (centre), exchanges pleasantries with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Assistant Representative, Dr. Gillian Smith, at the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) national agricultural food security and economic summit held on January 22, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Looking on is President, JAS, Senator Norman Grant.

Jamaica to Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Irish Potato Production This Year

By: Latonya Linton, January 23, 2015
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is being greeted by General Manager, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest, at the Jamaica Stock Exchange 10th regional conference on investments and the capital markets, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on January 20. The conference is being held under the theme: ‘Regional Transformation through Innovations and Investments’.

Expansion in Agro Parks

By: Chris Patterson, January 22, 2015

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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), listens as manufacturer of the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, and head of Jamdun’ Food Procesing, Chevaughn Bowen (3rd left), informs her about the product. Occasion was the recent official opening of the first organic bamboo charcoal factory, in Pembroke Hall, St. Mary. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson; Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, who also heads the Government’s bamboo programme; and the Export Development Manager at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter.
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