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Marina Young (right), Chairman of the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee, discusses Institutional Framework and Terms of Reference for Integrating Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in Jamaica’s Agriculture Sector Booklet with the Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management CommitteeContinue reading “National Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in dialogue with Executive Director, International Cocoa Organization, Michel Arrion, during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Matters discussed at the meeting included the Frosty Pod Rot disease and preservation of the trees.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, International Cocoa Organization, Michel Arrion; Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority, Gusland McCook; and Acting Chief Technical Director of Special ProjectsContinue reading “Frosty Pod Rot disease discussions”

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Bree Romuld, Value Chains and Agribusiness Technical Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting, held at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston on June 27.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right); and Managing Director, Consolidated Bakeries (Ja) Ltd., Anthony Chang (left), along with cassava farmers, at the launch of Purity’s Gluten Free and Reduced Gluten Product Line, Valentine Drive, Kingston on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Under its ‘FIRST’ line, which utilizes cassava in makingContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw and Managing Director Anthony Chang along with cassava farmers at the launch of Purity’s Gluten Free and Reduced Gluten Product Line”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who was speaking at the 8th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on June 18, says the country is focused on the medical marijuana industry.

During the first decade of independence between 1962 and 1972, Jamaica’s average economic growth under the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was almost 6%. This was under the stewardship of the late Sir Donald Sangster in the first five years and subsequently the late Edward Phillip George Seaga as Minister of Finance during the second halfContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw’s Statement on Mr. Edward Seaga’s Contribution to Jamaica’s Development – House of Parliament June 19, 2019”

Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Agro-Investment Corporation, Michael Pryce, is emphasizing the importance of the fisheries sector to the economy, which contributed US$79million to the country’s gross domestic product two years ago. Mr. Pryce noted that exports from the sector totaled over 1000 metric tonnes and was valued at approximately US$12million. “In theContinue reading “Fisheries sector important to Jamaica’s economy”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has hailed the launch of ‘FIRST’, a new line of low and no gluten added product by manufacturer, Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, as “impressive and the sort of innovative thinking that is needed” in the industry. Under the brand name, Miss Birdie, this product expansionContinue reading “Minister Shaw lauds Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd’s F1RST product line”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of Purity’s Gluten Free and Reduced Gluten Product Line, at the Consolidated Bakeries (Ja) Limited in Kingston on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Under its ‘FIRST’ line, which utilizes cassava in making cassava bread made wholly of Jamaican inputs, as well asContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the launch of Purity’s Gluten Free and Reduced Gluten Product Line”