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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), along with (l-r) General Manager, Argyle Street Management Limited, Liao Hui Heng; General Manager, Guangzhou Panyu Huanan Group Energy Sources Corporation Limited, Kuang Zhi Yuan; Deputy General Manager, China National Complete Plant Import and Export Group Corporation Limited & Chairman, China National Complete Plant International Sugar Industry Corporation Limited, Han Hong; Business Development Associate, Huazhong Group (Guangdong) Corporation Limited, Xie Zi Dan; Permanent Secretary, MICAF, Donovan Stanberry; and Chief Executive Officer, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, Madam Liu Chao Yu, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. The visiting delegation met with Minister Samuda to provide an update on activities at the Monymusk and Frome Sugar factories and to discuss the way forward for the industry.

Govt. committed to Jamaica’s sugar industry- Samuda

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 22 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda has reiterated that the Government through the Ministry is committed to the growth and development of the sugar industry in Jamaica. The Minister noted that despite the many challenges that the industry is facing, if properly managed, it is sustainable. Minister Samuda was speaking at a meeting with representatives of COMPLANT/Pan Caribbean Sugar Co. Ltd., at his New Kingston offices on February 20, 2018. The meeting was convened to discuss issues relating to the latest developments at the Monymusk Sugar Factory in...


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AgroBuzz Programme

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 22 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
MICAF hosts inaugural 'Citrus Day' - February 28, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKwbzK0IzGY&feature=youtu.be&a= Veterinary Services laboratory receives accreditation - February 21, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URXuQtylaC0&feature=youtu.be&a= National Farm Roads Improvement Programme - February 7, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzdUL5S84g&feature=youtu.be&a=


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Minister Samuda samples pudding at the Hague Agriculture and Industrial Show

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 21 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda, samples pudding at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) booth at the Hague Agriculture and Industrial Show on February 14. Others, from left, are Courtney Taylor, RADA Agricultural Parish Manager in Trelawny; Michael Stern, chairman, RADA; Glendon Harris (partially hidden), vice-president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society; and RADA Home Economics and Social Services Officer for Trelawny, Lilieth James.


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Minister Samuda views demonstration plot at Hague Showground

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 21 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Karl Samuda (left) Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views demonstration plot at Hague Showground along with Glendon Harris (2nd left), vice-president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, and representatives of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority during a tour of the Hague Agriculture and Industrial Show on February 14.


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JDDB hands over fertilizers to dairy farmers

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 19 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Karl Samuda (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets dairy farmer Derrick Walker, following handover of fertilizers donated by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) at a function held in Rhymesbury, Clarendon, on February 16. Valued at $30m, the fertilizers were specially blended by Newport-Fersan for the development of pasture. Others from left are Donald Elvey, chairman of JDDB, and Dennis Valdez, managing director, Newport-Fersan. http://jis.gov.jm/dairy-farmers-urged-improve-competitiveness/ Source: JIS


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Minister Samuda views dairy cows

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 19 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Karl Samuda (2nd right) views dairy cows along with dairy farmer Oral Wallace in Rhymesbury, Clarendon, on February 16 during a tour of his farm. Mr Wallace was one of over 60 farmers from St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth and Clarendon who benefited from fertilizers, specially blended by Newport-Fersan for pasture development, valued at $3m and donated by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board.


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Dairy farmer Oral Wallace discusses equipment used on his farm with Minister Samuda

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 19 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Dairy farmer Oral Wallace (centre) discusses equipment used on his farm in Rhymesbury, Clarendon, with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Karl Samuda (left) and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Western Noel Arscott. Over 60 farmers from St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth and Clarendon benefitted from fertilizers that were specially blended by Newport-Fersan for pasture development, valued at $3m and donated by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board.


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Gov’t Commits $70 Million to Help Trelawny Farmers Transport Sugar Cane

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 16 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government has committed another $70 million to assist farmers in Trelawny with the transportation of sugar cane to the Appleton Estate and Worthy Park factories this year. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 63rd Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show in Trelawny on Wednesday (February 14), Mr. Samuda said the Government is cognisant of the challenges being faced by farmers since the shutdown of sugar production at the Clarks Town-based Long Pond Factory in the parish a few years ago. “I have been able...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda (left), converses with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith, at the launch of the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Tuesday (February 13).

Jamaica to Host FAO Regional Conference March 5 to 8

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 15 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Jamaica will be hosting the 35th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean from March 5 to 8 at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. The three-day event is expected to attract ministers of agriculture, social development, education, health and environment and other high-level officials from the 33 FAO member nations across the Americas to discuss challenges and priority matters related to food and agriculture. It will focus on four main areas – eradicating hunger, overweight and obesity; ending rural...


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Gillian Smith, Officer-in-Charge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation for Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize, (3rd left) in discussion with Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), at a media launch for Jamaica’s hosting of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The launch was held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. The conference is scheduled to be held from March 5-8, 2018 in Montego Bay, St. James. Others (from left) are Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry; and Director General Vivian Brown, MICAF.

FAO Regional Conference to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 5-8 of March 2018

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 13 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Rising hunger and obesity, climate change and rural poverty; these will be the main issues of the 35th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The 35th Conference will take place from 5-8 of March 2018, in Montego Bay, Jamaica and is FAO’s main governing body. Agriculture Ministers from all of FAO’s 33 member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will come together in Jamaica to set the Organization’s priorities for the next two years. The meeting will be attended by FAO’s Director General, José Graziano da Silva and Ministers of Agriculture...


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