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Minister Shaw visits offices of HUAWEI Technologies in Shanghai, China

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 06 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
(L-R) Chris Bao, Director of Trade, HUAWEI; H.E. Antonio Hugh, Jamaica's High Commissioner to China; Diane Edwards, President of JAMPRO; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon Daryl Vaz; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw; Steven Sheng, Vice President, Global Public Affairs, HUAWEI; Bob Zhou, Enterprise Solutions Director, HUAWEI and Neo Hu, Customer Relations Manager, HUAWEI on a tour of the HUAWEI facilities on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Minister Shaw attends 12th China-Latin American and Caribbean Conference in Zhuhai, China

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 02 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, left the island earlier this week to represent Jamaica at the 12th annual conference of China - Latin America and Caribbean Countries being held in Zhuhai, China. Minister Shaw today addressed the Conference and highlighted Jamaica’s growing economic relationship with China, including major infrastructural projects such as highways and road construction, housing developments and revival of the bauxite/alumina sector. In his address, Minister Shaw cited Jamaica as a strategic location in the western hemisphere to...


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Participants in training at the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop

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 01 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Participants in training at the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine from October 23-25, 2018. Under the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Technical Cooperation Programme on Support for the Development of the Ginger Value Chain in Jamaica, participants were introduced to Nursery Production of G1 Rhizome and Single Bud Nursery Technique as well requirements for certification. At 2nd right is the trainer, FAO Consultant Dr. Duraisamy Saravanakumar.


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Deputy Director Michelle Sherwood presents Certificate of Participation in the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop to Cosmond James

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 01 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Deputy Director, Crop and Plant Protection Unit of the Research and Development Division at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood, presents Certificate of Participation in the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop to Cosmond James. Under the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Technical Cooperation Programme on Support for the Development of the Ginger Value Chain in Jamaica, the workshop was held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine from October 23-25. Training was conducted FAO Consultant Dr. Duraisamy...


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Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop

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 01 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Head of the Department of Plant Soils, Sciences and Engineering at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education, Dr. Seymour Webster (left,) speaking with Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Consultant Dr. Duraisamy Saravanakumar at a Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine from October 23-25, 2018.


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FAO Consultant Dr. Duraisamy Saravanakumar in discussion with participants at a Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop

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 01 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Consultant Dr. Duraisamy Saravanakumar (2nd left) in discussion with participants at a Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine from October 23-25, 2018. Under the FAO Technical Cooperation Programme on Support for the Development of the Ginger Value Chain in Jamaica, participants were introduced to Nursery Production of G1 Rhizome and Single Bud Nursery Technique as well as requirements for certification. At left is Michelle Sherwood, Deputy Director, Crop and Plant...


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Consultant farmer Norman Williams (left) views feed prepared under his guidance using total mixed ration formulation at the Total Mixed Ration Workshop held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on October 24, 2018. Under the theme ‘Livestock Feeding Solutions for Jamaica’, the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB)-organised workshop was aimed at providing dairy farmers with information on the benefits to be derived from the use of mixed rations. At right is Oliver Elliot, JDDB’s Project Monitoring Officer.

Dairy Board promotes mixed ration feed for livestock productivity

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 31 Oct 2018    nicola.wint   
In keeping with the Jamaica Dairy Development Board’s (JDDB) mandate to increase Jamaica’s milk production, the JDDB introduced several livestock farmers to the use of total mixed ration as a feed solution at a Total Mixed Ration Workshop under the theme ‘Livestock Feeding Solutions for Jamaica’, held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on October 24. Total Mixed Ration is a feed solution being recommended by the JDDB for use by farmers, and is a combination of forages and other ingredients that provides cows with all the required nutrients for optimum production while maintaining...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), greets Country Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore, Kang Hong Lim (right), during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday, October 25, 2018. Looking on is Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Singapore to CARICOM, Ambassador Karen Tan. During the meeting Ambassador Tan and Minister Shaw discussed areas of mutual interest and the enhancement of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Singapore Ambassador to CARICOM Calls on Minister Shaw

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 29 Oct 2018    nicola.wint   
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the Caribbean Community, Her Excellency Ambassador Karen Tan today, October 25, 2018, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw at his New Kingston offices. During the courtesy call, Ambassador Tan and Minister Shaw discussed areas of mutual interest and the enhancement of bilateral relations between the two countries. Jamaica and Singapore established formal diplomatic relations on November 1, 1992. In welcoming the Ambassador, Minister Shaw informed her that Jamaica and...


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Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (from left) Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC); Avril Leonce, Director of SME Partnership and Development, and Audrey Tugwell, Executive Vice-President, Retail Banking, both of Scotiabank; at the opening ceremony of day one of the Employee Engagement Conference hosted by JBDC under the theme ‘Disturb. Reconnect. Engage’ at the Jamaica Confere

Employee Engagement Critical to Economic Growth – Minister Shaw

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 23 Oct 2018    Anonymous   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the active engagement of workers is critical to the overall development and growth of Jamaica’s economy. According to Minister Shaw, the country has to find creative ways to increase employee engagement, as low levels of productivity and disengagement will negatively impact the bottom line of any organization and, ultimately, national economic growth. He noted that it is advantageous for businesses, as well as the local economy, when our employees are highly motivated or properly engaged according to their...


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Hon. Audley Shaw views chickens on production line at Best Dressed Chicken

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 23 Oct 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Steve Palmer, Processing Plant Manager at Best Dressed Chicken, view chickens on production line at the Best Dressed Chicken Further Processing Facility in Spring Village, St. Catherine, during a tour on October 19, 2018. Jamaica Broilers is one of the largest poultry producers in Jamaica, which is a $54-billion industry with some 100,000 small broiler farmers, most of whom are women.


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