Hon J.C. Hutchinson ( 2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, examines fertilizer being presented to him by Daniel McHugh, Managing Director of Sapphire Agriculture Jamaica Ltd, along with (from left) Olive Downer-Walsh, Deputy CEO of Hardware & Lumber and Lloyd Distant, CEO. The occasion was the Sapphire Fertilizer Product Launch in Kingston on September 13.
Hutchinson welcomes partnership for distribution of new fertilizers
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, has welcomed the partnership between Sapphire Agriculture Jamaica Ltd and H&L Agro for the distribution of a new line of fertilizers even as he expressed dissatisfaction with the large quantities of food imported into Jamaica, some of which are grown locally. Speaking at the Sapphire Product Launch in Kingston on September 13, Minister Hutchinson said it was critical to increase local food production in order to reduce Jamaica’s high food import bill, which now stands at over...
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