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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets cocoa farmer Calvin May following a media briefing at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices on October 9. The press briefing was called to update the nation on the potential threat of the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease which affects bananas and the Frosty Pod Rot Disease of Cocoa. Jamaica is on high alert to prevent the entry of the TR4 disease into the local banana and plantain industry and is strengthening initiatives to manage the Frosty Pod Rot of Cocoa. At centre is Hugh Briscoe.

Activities under the Frosty Pod Rot management project resume

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 10 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw has ordered the full resumption of the activities under the Frosty Pod Rot management project. The Minister made the announcement at a press conference at his Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices on October 9. He said the decision to resume the project was made after it was identified that there was an 87 per cent increase in the production yield of cocoa with a further projected increase of 50 per cent for the fall crop in the areas where the management project took place. “I am assuring the country that Jamaica is on the...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), addresses a media briefing at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices on October 9. The press briefing was called to update the nation on the potential threat of the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease which affects bananas and the Frosty Pod Rot Disease of Cocoa. Jamaica is on high alert to prevent the entry of the TR4 disease into the local banana and plantain industry and is strengthening initiatives to manage the Frosty Pod Rot of Cocoa. Others from left are Chief Plant Quarantine/ Produce Inspector, Sanniel Wilson, Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Roy McNeil and Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence.

Agriculture Ministry moves to implement measures to address the potential threat of Tropical Race 4

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 10 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is moving apace to implement measures to address the potential threat of the Tropical Race (TR) 4 disease, which affects bananas and plantains. Though the disease is not present in Jamaica, the Ministry, through the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch and The Banana Board, remains vigilant and is taking proactive steps to prevent it from entering the island. At a press conference at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens’ office on October 9, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, emphasised that the disease will have devastating...


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Acting Director General of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Gusland McCook (centre), receives a coffee seedling from Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (right), at a handover ceremony of the seedlings to farmers, at Ueshima Coffee Company Limited in Rose Hill, Woodford, St. Andrew on October 4. At right, is Councillor of the Gordon Town Division in East Rural St. Andrew, Neville Whittaker.

Two hundred farmers set to receive 50,000 coffee seedlings

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 07 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
A total of 200 coffee farmers from communities in the Blue Mountain areas of St. Andrew are set to benefit from the distribution of 50,000 coffee seedlings with the establishment of the Blue Mountain coffee nursery. This is being made possible under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project and will impact farmers from Woodford, Red Light, Middleton, Sugar Loaf, Settlement, Penfield and Irish Town. The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), is funded by the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica to...


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Dr Carl Larsen (left), Executive Secretary of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), welcomes the Hon Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, to the 10th GFRAS Annual Meeting in Negril, Jamaica, on October 1, 2019. Others from left are Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, and Nigel Myrie, Chairman, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority. The forum, which has delegates from several countries such as Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Korea, Italy, United States and South Africa, is being held under the theme 'Role of Rural Advisory Services in Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management'.

Green urges rural agricultural service providers to advocate change

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 03 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Floyd Green, has challenged rural agricultural services providers to be advocates of change, as they examine their role in climate change and disaster risk management. The Minister made the call on Tuesday, October 1 as he delivered the keynote address at the official launch of the 10th Global Forum for Rural Agricultural Services (GFRAS) Annual Meeting being held at the Royalton Negril hotel, September 30 and October 4, 2019. “I urge you to use your group as an active and a global forum to continue...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), in dialogue with Vice President, National Consumers’ League (NCL), Michael Diamond (centre); and Professor Fitzroy Henry, School of Allied Health and Wellness, University of Technology, at the 52nd Annual General Meeting of the NCL, held under the theme Consumers Health, Jamaica’s Wealth: ‘Healthy Approach to Nation Building’, at the Multipurpose Facility, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Winchester Road, Kingston, on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.

Minister Shaw lauds the work of the National Consumers’ League

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 03 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded the work of the National Consumers’ League. “I must applaud you for your loyal and faithful support over the past fifty-three years. You have contributed so much over these years towards the empowerment of our citizens through activism and the provision of information that allows our consumers to make educated choices and, I urge you to continue the charge,” the Minister said. Minister Shaw was addressing the National Consumers’ League of Jamaica 52nd Annual General Meeting held under the theme, ‘Consumers...


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