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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 08/02/2017
Opening Session of the CARICOM Risk Assessment and Product Safety Workshop
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (left) in dialogue with Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (2nd left); Senior Coordinator – Hemispheric and Bilateral Negotiations, CARICOM Secretariat, Office of...
Posted on 06/02/2017
2nd Conference, Symposium and Chocolate Exposition
Hon Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with Professor Dale Webber ( 3rd left), pro-vice-chancellor at the University of the West Indies (UWI); at the opening ceremony for the International Fine Cocoa Innovation...
Posted on 06/02/2017
Samuda wants cocoa expansion
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, has issued an appeal for the expansion of the cocoa industry in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. The Minister made the appeal while speaking today, February 6,...
Posted on 03/02/2017
Launch of JN SEBI Summit
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre) is in deep discussion with Saffrey Brown (left), general manager JN Foundation and Earl Jarrett, head, JN Group. The occasion was at the launch of SEBI at the Jamaica...
Posted on 03/02/2017
Courtesy Call on Hon. Karl Samuda by Madam Liu
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, Madam Liu Chaoyu; Interpreter, Sun Y’ Dan and Permanent Secretary at MICAF, Donovan Stanberry during a courtesy call...
Posted on 02/02/2017
Agriculture Minister urges Farmers to expand Coffee Production beyond Blue Mountains
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda is urging local farmers to expand production of low- land and high- mountain coffee in an effort to reduce green coffee bean imports. Low- land and high- mountain coffee is...
Posted on 01/02/2017
Dairy Farmers Train Farmers in Pesticide Treatment
In an effort to reduce parasite infestation among animals, several dairy farmers in the Hillside community of St. Thomas were exposed to pesticide training and treatment of animals by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board on January 26. The training, which...
Posted on 01/02/2017
Farmer Field Pesticide Training
Romaine Brown, farm assistant at Serge Island Farms, demonstrates application of Eprinox to animal during Farmer Field School pesticide training organised by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board for dairy farmers on January 26 at Hillside in St. Thomas.
Posted on 01/02/2017
Launch of the Jamaican Standard Specification for Coffee
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) in dialogue with President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Mr. Norman Grant and Chairman of the Standard Council of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Mr. James Rawle at...
