Tomlin Coleman (left) explains the process of manufacturing activated charcoal to delegates of the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, during a tour of his farm in Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, on November 29, 2018. Others from left are Gladstone Rose( partially hidden), Special Projects Director at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Prof Lu Wenming, Deputy Director General of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation(INBAR) in China, and Pablo Jácome Estrella, Regional Coordinator for Latin America and Caribbean, INBAR.
Hutchinson champions bamboo industry
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, says Government is devising ways to allocate lands and to encourage farmers to produce bamboo in an orderly and organised manner in support of the demand for the expansion of the value chain. The development of the bamboo industry, the minister said, provides another opportunity for Jamaica to continue to maintain its profile as an innovation-based agro-industrial destination. Speaking at the inaugural Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium on November 27, Minister...
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