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Minister Samuda greets Gillian Smith, Officer-in-Charge, FAO

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 13 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Karl Samuda (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gillian Smith, Officer-in-Charge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation for Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize, 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, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.


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Launch of the FAO’s 35th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

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 13 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Karl Samuda (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Gillian Smith (centre), Officer-in-Charge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation for Jamaica, the Bahamas and Belize; and Conley Salmon, President, Jamaica Operations, Jamaica Broilers Group, 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, at the Montego Bay...


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Agriculture ministry repairs farm roads

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 10 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
By the end of the 2017/2018 financial year, several farm roads in the parishes of Manchester and St. Elizabeth, covering 19.7km and valued at $81m, will be rehabilitated by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio, MICAF, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, during a tour of some of the roads along with representatives from RADA on January 24. “Between now and March 26 of this year, we are looking at fixing 6.7 kilometres of farm roads in St. Elizabeth at a cost of $34m...


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Devon Plunkett Sr. (left), farmer of Albion Mountain, St. Mary, converses with Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), during a tour of his farm on Wednesday (February 8). At centre is Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, where Albion Mountain is located, Dr. Morais Guy.

Major Investors to Cultivate Onions

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 09 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
The Government is in discussions with two major investors for the planting of over 2,000 acres of onions as part of a project to boost supplies for the domestic and export markets. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says one of the investors has “almost committed” to financing between 400 and 500 acres of land in St. Catherine, adding that the other is being “encouraged” to take up an additional 1,000 to 2,000 acres. The Minister was speaking with journalists during a tour of farms and farm roads in St. Mary on Wednesday (February 7). Noting that less...


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Minister Samuda to Seek Additional Funding to Repair Farm Roads

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 09 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says he will be seeking additional funding in the 2018/19 Budget to repair more cane and farm roads, as well as to acquire equipment for small farmers. Speaking with journalists during a tour of several farms and farm roads in St. Mary on Wednesday (February 7), Mr. Samuda advised that he will be looking to secure a minimum $1 billion for road repairs, which would double the allocation in the 2017/18 budget. “You can’t (engage) in agriculture effectively and efficiently if you can’t reach the fields (or if) when you...


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Tour of flood-damaged farms in Portland

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 08 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Karl Samuda (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses damage to the 12.6-acre farm of Selvin Richards(left) at Canewood in Portland during a tour of flood-damaged farms in Portland on February 1. Others from left are Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz, Chief Executive Officer Peter Thompson; and Michael Stern, chairman; both of the of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.


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Tour of Banana Farms in Portland

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 08 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Oral Lewis (right), of The Banana Board, explains the impact of the Swift River on banana farms at Canewood in Portland to (from left) Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz, the Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, during a tour of flood-ravaged farms in Portland on February 1.


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Hutchinson tours AIBGA Facilities

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 08 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Donald Elvey (left), General Manager of the All Island Banana Growers’ Association, shows the Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and banana farmers equipment to be installed in the newly constructed banana and plantain value added facility, built under the Jamaica Banana Accompanying Measures Programme, at Trinity in St. Mary during a tour of the facility on February 2.


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Tour of a banana farm in Trinity, St. Mary

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 08 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Donald Elvey (centre), General Manager of the All Island Banana Growers’ Association, discusses banana being prepared for processing into chips with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a tour of a banana farm in Trinity, St. Mary, on February 2. At right is Desmond Edwards, agricultural extension officer at The Banana Board.


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Tour of the AIBGA Trinity Farm Store in St. Mary

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 08 Feb 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Donald Elvey (centre), General Manager of the All Island Banana Growers’ Association (AIBGA), and Corrine McDonald, Farm Store Manager, during a tour of the AIBGA Trinity Farm Store in St. Mary on February 2.


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