Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right) consults with Glenville Hall (left), Zonal Director, Western Region and Locksley Waites (centre), National Co-ordinator, Irish Potato Programme, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority at an Irish Potato and Onion Stakeholders’ Seminar held at Hounslow, St Elizabeth on Thursday, August 24 to kick start the 2017-2018 crop year.
Jamaican Irish potatoes for Cayman Islands
The way has been made clear for the export of Jamaican grown Irish potatoes into the Cayman Islands. This was announced by Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commercial Agriculture and Fisheries while addressing farmers at an Irish Potato and Onion Production Seminar held Thursday, August 24 at Hounslow in St Elizabeth to kick start the 2017-2018 planting season. Minister Hutchinson said that the Plant Quarantine and Plant Inspection Division of the Ministry had secured an agreement with the Cayman Islands for export of the tuber, among a range of...
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