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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (left) introduces Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society; and Custos of St. Andrew, Patricia Dunwell, to exotic fruits grown at the Ministry’s Orange River Research Station. The occasion was a tour of displays at the 14th Annual Eat Jamaican DayContinue reading “14th Annual Eat Jamaican Day Expo”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (3rd right), cuts ribbon to officially open ARC Manufacturing Limited’s new Fabric Mesh Plant, held at its facility located on Bell Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The new Fabric Mesh Plant is positioned to boost the fabric mesh industry. The investment in theContinue reading “Minister Samuda cuts ribbon to officially open ARC’s new Fabric Mesh Plant”

The message of eating Jamaican is worth repeating says, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry, who noted that eating Jamaican is about promoting Jamaican food to our people, and to our tourists, as well as making a conscious decision to purchase local produce in the supermarket. This, heContinue reading “Eat Jamaican is worth repeating, says PS Stanberry”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says that there needs to be a review of Jamaica’s competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, because the country’s competitiveness has not been where it should have been over the years. ‘We find that we have the distributive trade, which is the largest contributor to GDP,Continue reading “Samuda – competitiveness in the manufacturing sector needs review”

November is Eat Jamaican month… Eat What We Grow, Grow What We Eat… http://www.moa.gov.jm/EatWhatWeGrow/index.php

Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, dancing for sugar with Karen Smith at the 68th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, held at the Spanish Court Hotel on November 15.

Keleen Young-Grandison (right), head and Kerry-Ann Walters, project technical specialist, both of the Sugar Transformation Unit , discuss green cane harvesting with farmer Garth Genus at the 68th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association, held at the Spanish Court Hotel on November 15.

Hon Karl Samuda (left) Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in dialogue with Cynthia Sankar (centre), Managing Director of Sankar Farms and Ambassador Derrick Heaven (right) at the 68th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, held at the Spanish Court Hotel on November 15.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Donovan Stanberry (left), presents onion farmer Pamelitta Dann from Yallahs, Agro-Park, with a Food Safety Management Systems certificate, at the Pesticides Survey Results Presentation Ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Friday, November 17, 2017. Forty-three farmers were awarded theContinue reading “PS Stanberry presents onion farmer Pamelitta Dann with a Food Safety Management Systems Certificate”

Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with representatives of Ebony Park HEART Academy during a visit to their booth at the HEART College of Hospitality Services & Western Hospitality Institute’s Agro-Tourism Trade Show, held at The Cardiff Hotel & Spa in St. Ann onContinue reading “Heart Agro-Tourism Trade Show”