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Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers in Kingston on July 13. At centre is Norman Grant, chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association.

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Hedda Rose Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan Jamaica (NFJ); Gusland McCook, Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority; and Dennis Valdez, Managing Director, NFJ. The occasion was the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers at NFJContinue reading “Minister Shaw at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers”

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens to Odia Bruce (2nd right), President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, at the Newport-Fersan Handover of Coffee-Lizer fertlizer on July 13 in Kingston. Also participating in the discussion (from left) are Michael Brooks and Leebert Williams, members of Hillside Coffee Growers.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on regional plant health directors to provide the strategies to safeguard the Caribbean against plant pests and diseases. Minister Shaw made the appeal as he delivered the keynote address at the official opening ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’Continue reading “Shaw urges regional plant health directors to safeguard crops”

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Sherlock Pinnock, Apiculture Officer, and Dalton Hastings, Manager, Export Complex, Plant Quarantine/Plant Inspection Branch, both of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, during a tour of displays at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean PlantContinue reading “Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum”

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July16. Others from left are Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite, Deputy Programme Manager, Agricultural Development Unit, CARCOM Secretariat; Dr. Brendon Reardon, Assistant Director, PPQ Preclearance andContinue reading “Minister Shaw speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), along with (from left) Trade Unionist, National Workers Union, Granville Valentine; Chairman, Carib Cement, Paris Lyew-Ayee; and General Manager, Carib Cement, Peter Donkersloot, break ground for the Carib Cement Company’s new Administration Building in Rockfort, Kingston, on Friday, July 13, 2018. The groundContinue reading “Minister Audley Shaw participates in ground breaking ceremony”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), views parcels of cement being shown to him by General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company, Peter Donkersloot, during a tour of the company’s plant on Friday, July 13, 2018. Occasion was a ground breaking ceremony of the company’s new administration building and tour. The newContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw views parcels of cement”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets United States Chargé d’Affaires, Eric Khant, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Some of the matters discussed at the meeting included trade between Jamaica and the US, Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises, entrepreneurship programmes andContinue reading “Minister Shaw greets United States Chargé d’Affaires Eric Khant”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is pledging more support for farmers and local manufacturers in the expansion of their production and identification of new markets for their products. Minister Shaw was addressing farmers at the 123rd Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, held at the Denbigh Showground inContinue reading “Shaw pledges support for farmers, local industry”