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Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses onion cultivation with farmer Dean Reid on his approximately 1-acre onion plot in Abbey, St. Thomas, on April 10. As part of its Import Substitution Programme, the Ministry is on a drive to increase onion production in Jamaica.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (centre), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses farmers at the Yallahs Agro-Park in St. Thomas on April 10. Others from left are Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson, and Bevin Dickenson, Parish Manager, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed Red Stripe/Heineken Jamaica’s $2.16-billion (€14-million) investment in a new state-of-the art production line at the entity’s brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The new Line 8 facility, which was commissioned into service in October 2017, brews Jamaica’s world-renowned Red Stripe Beer and DragonContinue reading “Industry Minister Welcomes $2.16-Billion Investment by Red Stripe”

These conditions are in two parts and apply to the importation of cargo shipments only. With the exception of certified seeds, individual travelers are not allowed to import fresh plant products or propagative materials into the Cayman Islands from Jamaica as part of checked or carry-on luggage. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Import Permit a. A written applicationContinue reading “Conditions for the Importation of Plants and Plant Products from Jamaica”

Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets employees of Caribbean Broilers’ Imagination Farm, Margaret Harrison and Desmond Clarke, during a tour of its onion plot in Hill Run, St. Catherine, on April 6. Under phase one of the project, some 12 acres of onion was being reaped.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on small farmers to be ready to partner with larger farmers in an effort to increase their productivity. The larger farmers have access to technology that Minister Shaw is hoping to tap under a mother farm/partner farm model to move the industry ahead. “ThereContinue reading “Ready yourselves – Shaw tells Small Farmers”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry at the launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month, held at the headquarters of the Jamaica Agricultural Society(JAS) in Kingston today (April 4).

Norman Grant (right), President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, introduces the Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, to the JAS offices at Church Street in Kingston prior to the launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month today (April 4).

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has signalled his intention to collaborate with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) as well as the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) in his bid to lift agricultural production in the country. The newly-appointed Minister made his declaration Easter Monday, April 2, as he addressed theContinue reading “Shaw wants partnership with JAS, Coconut Board”

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture (MICAF), samples Irish potato punch and pudding made by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority along with (from left) the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, both of MICAF. At right is Camille Ambersely, Parish Officer at RADA. The occasionContinue reading “Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show”