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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (at podium), addresses the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee (NPIC) quarterly meeting, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston today (September 25). Seated (from left) are Principal Director of the MSME Division in the Ministry, Oral Shaw; Director of Projects and Programmes, Clifford Spencer, and Technical Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (at podium), addresses the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee (NPIC) quarterly meeting, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston today (September 25). Seated (from left) are Principal Director of the MSME Division in the Ministry, Oral Shaw; Director of Projects and Programmes, Clifford Spencer, and Technical Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm.

Producers Encouraged to Design Goods for Expanding Markets

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 26, 2018
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is imploring Jamaican producers to design goods for expanding international markets that are interested in items from the island. Addressing...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), enjoys a piece of watermelon during a tour of the AUSTROJAM Limited farm in Bluntas, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (September 21). Looking on are State Minister for Education, Youth and Information and Member of Parliament for Southwest St. Elizabeth, Hon. Floyd Green (right), and Chief Executive Officer of AUSTROJAM Ltd., Martin Zsifkovics.

Minister Shaw Encourages Farmers to Boost Fruit Production

By: Serena Grant, September 24, 2018
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), loads forage into a silo packer, at the official handover of the equipment at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on Wednesday (September 12). The silo packer, which was acquired through funding from the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH), project, will ensure the provision of high-quality feed for the dairy cattle industry. Chief of Party, Ja REEACH, Karyll Aitcheson (right), and stakeholders in the dairy industry look on.

Plans for Dairy Sector Revitalisation

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 14, 2018

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