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Hon. J.C. Hutchinson Examines a Laminar Flow Hood

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January 14, 2017

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right) examines a Laminar Flow Hood used to create sterile conditions at the handover by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) of equipment and material to boost the Ministry’s seed production capacity. Along with the Minister, at the January 11, 2017 event at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices, are (l-r) Donovan Stanberry, permanent secretary; Barton Clarke, Executive Director and Dionne Clarke Harris, project manager CARDI; Stefano Cilli, Agricultural Attaché, Delegation of the European Union in Jamaica, who financed the project.

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