Minister Shaw views machinery used in farming
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), listens as Vice President of Farming Operations, at Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited, Nicholas Duke (left), explains the purpose of the machinery used in the farming process during a tour of the farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon on February 7. Others from second left are Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited, Hurshel Cyrus and Principal Director of Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Winston Simpson. Minister Shaw was invited by the proprietors of the farm to view production of selected crops such as onions, peanuts and Irish potatoes.
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