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February 2018
 

08 February 2018

Tour of flood-damaged farms in Portland

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Hon Karl Samuda (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses damage to the 12.6-acre farm of Selvin Richards(left) at Canewood in Portland during a tour of flood-damaged farms in Portland on February 1. Others from left are Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz, Chief Executive Officer Peter Thompson; and Michael Stern, chairman; both of the of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.


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Tour of Banana Farms in Portland

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Oral Lewis (right), of The Banana Board, explains the impact of the Swift River on banana farms at Canewood in Portland to (from left) Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz, the Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, during a tour of flood-ravaged farms in Portland on February 1.


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Hutchinson tours AIBGA Facilities

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Donald Elvey (left), General Manager of the All Island Banana Growers’ Association, shows the Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and banana farmers equipment to be installed in the newly constructed banana and plantain value added facility, built under the Jamaica Banana Accompanying Measures Programme, at Trinity in St. Mary during a tour of the facility on February 2.


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Tour of a banana farm in Trinity, St. Mary

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Donald Elvey (centre), General Manager of the All Island Banana Growers’ Association, discusses banana being prepared for processing into chips with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a tour of a banana farm in Trinity, St. Mary, on February 2. At right is Desmond Edwards, agricultural extension officer at The Banana Board.


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Tour of the AIBGA Trinity Farm Store in St. Mary

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Donald Elvey (centre), General Manager of the All Island Banana Growers’ Association (AIBGA), and Corrine McDonald, Farm Store Manager, during a tour of the AIBGA Trinity Farm Store in St. Mary on February 2.


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Tour of the JANAAC-accredited laboratory

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, greets Quality Manager at the Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Tricia Fraser, during a tour of the JANAAC-accredited laboratory in St. Andrew on Wednesday, January 31.


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Minister Samuda views equipment during a tour of the JANAAC-accredited laboratory

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 08 Feb 2018    communications   
Errol Dakin (left) of the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) explains functions of equipment to the Hon Karl Samuda (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a tour of the JANAAC-accredited laboratory in St. Andrew on Wednesday, January 31. At right is Dr. Osbil Watson, Chief Veterinary Officer at the VSD.


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