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More business people are using the electronic business registration form (eBRF) to register their operations since the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The online platform, launched by the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) in August 2019, replaces the paper-based ‘superform’ that was introduced in 2014 and allows users to register their business name orContinue reading “More Persons Using Electronic Business Registration Form”

Farmer from East Kirkland Heights, St. Andrew, Glenroy Crossman, had brought a carload of mainly fruits and vegetables to Friday’s (June 3) farmers’ market held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries ’ Hope Gardens playfield. Included were lettuce, cantaloupe, water melon, pineapple, scallion, and pak choi. Mr. Crossman was one of severalContinue reading “Booming Sales At Kingston And St. Andrew Farmers’ Market”

Hundreds of residents of Clifton in South St. Catherine are to benefit from free skills training and titles for the lands they occupy, as part of Government’s programme to transform the former sugar-dependent area. Speaking at a community meeting in the area on Wednesday (July 15), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce,Continue reading “Residents Of Clifton To Receive Free Skills Training, Land Titles”

Hardware & Lumber (H&L) Agro has donated $2 million in agricultural inputs to assist small farmers who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The inputs, which include fertilisers, pesticides and seeds, were handed over to Minister of Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, on May 21, at the H&L outlet located alongContinue reading “H&L Agro Donates $2 Million In Agricultural Inputs To Farmers”

Farmers and other residents of Bingham Hill and surrounding communities in St. Ann had high praises for the recently rehabilitated $6.9-million Bingham Hill road in St. Ann. The road was one of 77 farm roads completed by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ National Farm RoadContinue reading “$6.9-million upgraded Bingham Hill Farm Road officially opened”

The Government is making significant investments in the agricultural sector to safeguard the country’s food security and accelerate the sector’s recovery from the economic fallout induced by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With the temporary closure of the tourism sector in March, an unprecedented situation was created in which significant quantities of fresh and perishable localContinue reading “Government Takes Lead To Safeguard Food Security”

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has developed and established seven standards for adaptation, which will provide guidelines and safeguards to protect consumers as well as assist companies with positioning their operations for the export market. The BSJ, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries developed the standards as part ofContinue reading “Jamaica becomes first country in the Caribbean to launch Cannabis Standards”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has hailed the OEXONE online platform for its role in facilitating the trading of agricultural commodities in Latin America and the Caribbean. “The platform’s objective of driving commodities trading across the diaspora has further positioned Jamaica to become the regional leader, in not just the productionContinue reading “Shaw hails online trading platform for agricultural commodities”

Hon. Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (2nd right), at the launch of the National Craft Policy under the theme ‘Preserving Culture. Promoting Craft’, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July 9. Others from left are Senior Director, Technical Services, Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson; PrincipalContinue reading “Launch of the National Craft Policy”

The Government is to make more idle State-owned lands available for cultivation by small farmers. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who noted that the Administration is in dialogue with various organisations in order to facilitate this undertaking. The Minister, who wasContinue reading “More Idle State-Owned Lands To Be Cultivated”