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Agriculture Minister Says Major Investments Coming

A total of 200 coffee farmers from communities in the Blue Mountain areas of St. Andrew are set to benefit from the distribution of 50,000 coffee seedlings with the establishment of the Blue Mountain coffee nursery. This is being made possible under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project and will impactContinue reading “Two hundred farmers set to receive 50,000 coffee seedlings”

Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), John Minott (left), presents farmer Clifford Jonas of Red Light, Irish Town with a coffee seedling at a handover ceremony of the seedlings to farmers, at Ueshima Coffee Company Limited in Rose Hill, Woodford, St. Andrew on October 4.

Chief Planning Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Hyatt (second left) looks on as Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (right), makes a point at a handover ceremony of coffee seedlings to farmers, at Ueshima Coffee Company Limited in Rose Hill, Woodford, St. Andrew on October 4. OthersContinue reading “Handover ceremony of coffee seedlings to farmers”

Chief Planning Analyst in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Hyatt (left) participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony to symbolically present coffee seedlings to farmers, at Ueshima Coffee Company Limited in Rose Hill, Woodford, St. Andrew on October 4. Others from second left are Acting Director General of the Jamaica Agricultural CommoditiesContinue reading “Ribbon cutting ceremony to symbolically present coffee seedlings to farmers”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Research Fellow, Harvard Medical, Sayeda Yasmin-Karim, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Looking on is Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Genetic and Biopharma Research, Daniel Weadock. The Harvard International Phytomedicine and Medical Cannabis Institute (HIPI)Continue reading “Minister Shaw greets Research Fellow Sayeda Yasmin-Karim”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with (from left) Director, Harvard Global Health Catalyst, Professor Wilfred Ngwa; Medical Professor Dr. the Hon. Julius Garvey; and Research Fellow, Harvard Medical, Sayeda Yasmin-Karim, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. The HarvardContinue reading “Minister Shaw meets with Harvard team”

Hon Floyd Green (2nd left), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, along with Nigel Myrie (left), Chairman, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, listen keenly to Everton Parkes of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board during a tour of its booth on OctoberContinue reading “Opening ceremony of the 10th GFRAS Annual Meeting”

Hon. Floyd Green (3rd left), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (from left) Peter Thompson, CEO, Nigel Myrie, Chairman, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, and Dr. Carl Larsen, Executive Secretary, Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) at the opening ceremony ofContinue reading “10th GFRASS Annual Meeting”

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Floyd Green, has challenged rural agricultural services providers to be advocates of change, as they examine their role in climate change and disaster risk management. The Minister made the call on Tuesday, October 1 as he delivered the keynote address atContinue reading “Green urges rural agricultural service providers to advocate change”