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May 2017
 

30 May 2017

Hon Karl Samuda takes a close look at red callaloo being grown at RADA

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 30 May 2017    communications   
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (right), showing Minister, MICAF, Hon. Karl Samuda red callaloo being grown at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority while on tour of the property in St. Andrew on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.


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Minister Samuda examines Irish Potato at RADA

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 30 May 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) examines Irish potato at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) while on tour of the property in St. Andrew on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Looking on (from left) are Parish Agriculture Manager, RADA, Bevene Martin Dickenson; Councillor for Mavis Bank, Alvin Francis; and Principal Director, Field Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson.


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Tour of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Drying Facility

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 30 May 2017    communications   
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation & Member of Parliament for Portland, Hon. Daryl Vaz, in discussion with (from left) Country Representative, World Bank, Galina Sotirova; Resident Representative, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Elizabeth Johnson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry. The occasion was a tour of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Drying Facility in Buff Bay, Portland on Friday May 26, 2017.


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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Member of Parliament for West Portland, Hon. Daryl Vaz, tasting cocoa offered by Michael Leckie (right), director of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Association (JCFA), during a tour of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Drying Facility in Spring Gardens, Portland, on Friday May 26. At left is Country Representative, World Bank, Galina Sotirova and others (from left) are Senior Field Operations Manager, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dwight Ricketts; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, and Principal Director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson.

Stanberry calls for increased investment in cocoa production

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 30 May 2017    communications   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, is hoping that with the deregulation of the cocoa industry through the establishment of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Authority (JACRA) more persons will start investing in cocoa production. Speaking at the handover of the Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Drying Facility by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in Spring Gardens, Portland, on May 26, Stanberry expressed disappointment that when the cocoa assets were advertised for divestment not enough local persons expressed an interest...


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Prime Minister Andrew Holness examines newly packaged juice at Trade Winds Citrus Ltd.

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 30 May 2017    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, joins Prime Minister The Most Hon Andrew Holness (centre) and Peter McConnell, Managing Director of Trade Winds Citrus Ltd (TWCL), in examining newly packaged juice at the TWCL tetra pak production facility in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.


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Minister Samuda views exhibits at RADA

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 30 May 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre) takes a close look at a bottle of sister love locust wine (tinkin toe) while on tour of exhibits at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in St. Andrew on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Looking on (from left) are Chairman, Parish Advisory Board, Lloyd Benjamin; and Principal Director, Field Services, RADA, Winston Simpson.


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Welcome to the official website of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

We have, therefore, placed much energy and enthusiasm into the development of this website to provide timely information on the Ministry, our agencies and programmes.

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