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Acting Chief Planning Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer (left), speaking with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Trade and Markets Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Juan Cheaz Pelaez, during the recent ‘Climate Change and the Future of Food Security: Positioning Agro-Food Systems for our Health and Wealth’ public forum, at the University of the West Indies, Mona, St. Andrew.
Acting Chief Planning Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer (left), speaking with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Trade and Markets Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Juan Cheaz Pelaez, during the recent ‘Climate Change and the Future of Food Security: Positioning Agro-Food Systems for our Health and Wealth’ public forum, at the University of the West Indies, Mona, St. Andrew.

More Jamaicans Encouraged To Get Involved In Agriculture

By: Ainsworth Morris, October 22, 2019
Acting Chief Planning Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer, is encouraging more Jamaicans to get involved in agricultural activities in order to support the...
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (4th left), presents Leroy Gayle (centre), one of the farmers affected by fire in Flagman, St. Elizabeth, with irrigation hoses, during a presentation ceremony at the Pedro Plains Anglican Church hall in the parish, on Friday (October 18). Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence; Principal Director, Field Services and Operations, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson; Acting Principal Finance Officer in the Ministry, Ann-Marie Tomlinson; Chief Executive Officer, RADA, Peter Thompson; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr. Roy McNeil; RADA St. Elizabeth Parish Manager, Nathan Samuels; and farmer, Ian Dowell.

Gov’t Spends Just Under $50M to Assist Flagaman Farm Fire Victims

By: Nickieta Sterling, October 19, 2019
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Monique Gibbs (right), congratulates Chairman of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica's (BSJ) Electrical Practices and Products Technical Committee, Ray Campbell (left), who was among 115 volunteers honoured by the BSJ, during a ceremony on Wednesday (Oct. 17), at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew. Looking on is BSJ’s Standards Development Officer, Sherieka Satchell Knight.

Bureau of Standards Honours 115 Technical Volunteers

By: Garfield L. Angus, October 19, 2019

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