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The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is targeting the tourism sector as a major market for the increased use of local produce. The sector forms part of the other four markets that are also being targeted by the Ministry and includes: local consumers, the Diaspora, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and a national school-feedingContinue reading “Agriculture Ministry places major focus on tourism sector for use of local produce”

The business community will now have quick access to the country’s trade rules with the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw. The portal, which aims to improve trade facilitation and generate moreContinue reading “Shaw Launches New Trade Information Portal”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says more financial resources will be allocated to the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). Making the disclosure, the Minister commended the JBDC for the role it has played in providing business support services to the local Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs). “It is clearly havingContinue reading “JBDC to get more financial resources-Shaw”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging young farmers to make use of available opportunities both locally and internationally to market their products. Local markets identified by Mr. Shaw include: hotels and supermarkets while international markets include: the Diaspora, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and “third-country international markets”. “There is no shortageContinue reading “Shaw tells young farmers to make use of available market opportunities”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), speaking with made by Director and Principal of the HEART Trust/NTA Ebony Park Academy, Collie Clarke (left), at an open day hosted by the school in Toll Gate, Clarendon, on May 10. Listening in is Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw has issued a call for drip irrigation systems to be used by more farmers islandwide. The Minister issued the call in Southfield, St Elizabeth, Thursday, May 9 at the handover of drip irrigation systems for 150 acres of land to 300 farmers of theContinue reading “Shaw wants more drip irrigation for farmers”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has signalled his commitment to explore further cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), in particular, assistance with the country’s fruit tree planting programme and small Drip Irrigation System for small farmers. The Minister exchanged ideas on these matters withContinue reading “FAO and Jamaica exploring further collaboration in agriculture”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in discussion with (from left) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Juan Cheaz Peláez; Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence; and Director of Fisheries, Fisheries Division, MICAF, Andre Kong, during a courtesy call atContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with FAO Representative Juan Cheaz Peláez”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), converses with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Juan Cheaz Peláez, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Minister Shaw and Mr. Peláez discussed opportunities for further cooperation between theContinue reading “FAO Representative pays a courtesy call on Hon. Audley Shaw”

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green announced that a target has been set for Jamaica to rank among the top 10 on the Ease of Doing Business Index within the next three years. This, he said, is to be achieved through the National Competitiveness Council Doing BusinessContinue reading “Jamaica aiming for top 10 in Ease of Doing Business Index – Green”