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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.

Local Horticulturalists Encouraged to Take Advantage of Export Market

By: Rochelle Williams, April 30, 2018

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...

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

By: Chad Bryan, April 30, 2018

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

By: Ainsworth Morris, April 30, 2018

Agriculture 8 years ago $300 Million to Expand and Upgrade Infrastructure at Bodles Research Station
By: Rochelle Williams, April 27, 2018
Agriculture 8 years ago Cabinet to Review National Seed Policy
By: Rochelle Williams, April 26, 2018
Agriculture 8 years ago MOU Signed to Upgrade Seed Lab at Bodles
By: Rochelle Williams, April 26, 2018

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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...

By: Garwin Davis, April 21, 2018

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Fisheries Minister Gives Commitment to Sector Stakeholders

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is committed to creating an enabling environment which fosters growth and sustainability within the fisheries sector. Speaking...

By: Tashion Hewitt Stennett, April 20, 2018

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), congratulates President, Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), Michelle Chong, and President, Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Metry Seaga, following the announcement that the JEA and the JMA have merged. Occasion was the opening ceremony for Expo Jamaica 2018 at the National Indoor Sports Centre on April 19. At left is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, and at right is Chief Executive Officer, Digicel Jamaica, Justin Morin. Expo Jamaica 2018 is being held under the theme: ‘Advancing Breakthroughs’.

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Unclaimed Funds as Financing Option for MSMEs

The Government is to engage technical consultants to assess the feasibility of utilising unclaimed funds, held by financial institutions, as a critical financing option for the growth and development of...

By: Chris Patterson, April 20, 2018

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (third left), listens as General Manager, Digicel Business, Brian Bennett Easy (left), explains aspects of the ‘Digicel Eye’, following the opening ceremony for Expo Jamaica 2018 at the National Indoor Sports Centre on April 19. Others (from right are): Vice President of Sales and Promotions, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Claude Duncan; Government Senator, Aubyn Hill; President, Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association, Metry Seaga; and President, Jamaica Exporters’ Association, Michelle Chong. ‘Digicel Eye’ offers customers a link to the Ministry of National Security’s JamaicaEye initiative, a national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme geared at improving public safety and security.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Micro Stock Exchange to be Established

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced plans for the establishment a Micro Stock Exchange. The Micro Stock Exchange will allow micro, small and medium-size...

By: Chris Patterson, April 20, 2018

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), is greeted by residents of Alvie, Manchester (from second left) Yvonne Kennedy, Angella Gordon-Cormier and Vinceleta Gordon. This was after the official opening of the newly paved Alvie farm road in Manchester on April 13.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Farm Roads Rehabilitated in South Manchester

Some 1,400 metres of farm roads in St. Toolies and Alvie in South Manchester have been repaired by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) at a cost of $12 million....

By: Barbara Ellington, April 18, 2018

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre) shares a light moment with President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Howard Mitchell (left); and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Baking Company, Gary Hendrickson, at the press launch of the Bold Ones Manufacturing Initiative for Expo Jamaica 2018, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 10.

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Gov’t Looking to Increase Access to Funding for SMES

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says more creative ways are being explored to provide additional funding sources for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Among them, Mr....

By: Chad Bryan, April 12, 2018

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) is being shown strawberry seedlings by Director of Jamaica Floral Products Limited/Evergrow Garden Centre, Burrell Scarlett, at an Evergrow seminar on fertiliser use, at Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine on April 11.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

Gov’t Addressing Impediments to Medical Marijuana Industry Development

The Government continues to take steps aimed at facilitating the development of Jamaica’s medical marijuana industry by addressing the impediments. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says...

By: Chad Bryan, April 12, 2018

Newly appointed Labour and Social Security State Minister, Hon. Zavia Mayne (second right), greets Quality Management Specialist based in Japan, Atsuo Kanai, when he arrived at the Ministry’s North Street offices in Kingston on Monday (April 9) for a courtesy call. Introducing Mr. Kanai is Executive Director, Jamaica Productivity Centre, Dr. Charles Douglas (second left), while Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts-Risden, looks on.

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Jamaica Productivity Centre Welcomes Quality Management Specialist

Over the next two years, the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) will benefit from the expertise of a quality management specialist out of Japan. An independent consultant in that country, Atsuo...

By: Alecia Smith, April 10, 2018