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Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry (left) receives champion black bull trohpy on behalf of Bodles from Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness (2nd right), at the Denbigh 2017 Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, at the Denbigh Showground, Clarendon, on Monday, August 7, 2017. Also sharing in the moment from left are Minister of Industry, Commerce,Continue reading “Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry (left) receives champion black bull trohpy on behalf of Bodles”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), greets Ambassador of Brazil, His Excellency Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.

Industry and Commerce Minister Reiterates Call for Banks to be More Flexible with Lending Requirements for MSMEs Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has reiterated his call for financial lending institutions to make changes to the way they assess loan applications from Micro, Small and Medium Sized Entities (MSME’s). Minister Samuda,Continue reading “Industry and Commerce Minister Reiterates Call for Banks to be More Flexible with Lending Requirements for MSMEs”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda has said that in order to ensure a structured and transparent distribution of funds from the Productivity Incentive Scheme, an allocation will be made to members of parliament for distribution to farmers within their constituency with the largest allocation going to those in rural farming constituencies.Continue reading “Ministry to allocate funds for assistance to farmers through MPs”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has welcomed the entry of CB Group into the fresh produce market in Jamaica through its new company, Imagination Farms. Speaking at the launch of the new company at Hope Zoo on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, the agriculture minister applauded the CB Group on itsContinue reading “Samuda welcomes CB Group’s entry into the fresh produce market”

Ignacio González(left), Export Area Manager at Kimitec Group, discusses with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, organic fertilizers being introduced into the Jamaican through distributor, Prince Avery, General Manager at Avery’s Organic Fertilizer, at the launch of the partnership between both companies in KingstonContinue reading “Launch of Partnership between Avery’s Organic Fertilizer and Kimitec Group”

The 65th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural Show will go on. That’s the word from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, as he addressed hundreds of farmers at the 122nd Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) on Wednesday, July 12 at the Showground in Denbigh, Clarendon. Minister Samuda’sContinue reading “Samuda: The Show will go on”

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown says that there is clear need for more to be done if Jamaica is to take full advantage of the nutraceutical industry, which can bring in up to US$2 billion and capture around 5% of the world market. He noted that,Continue reading “Jamaica needs to take full advantage of nutraceutical industry”