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Hon Minister Audley Shaw (3rd left) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), welcomes Clovis Bryan (left) retiree who served in the Ministry for 40 years to the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Joining in the welcome are guest speaker , WayneContinue reading “Minister Shaw at MICAF’s Retirement Function”

Hon Minister Audley Shaw (right) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), greets Ms Deidre Latibeaudiere, Senior Director, Human Resource Management and Development (left) and Clovis Bryan (centre) retiree who served in the Ministry for 40 years to the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, MarchContinue reading “Minister Audley Shaw at MICAF’s Retirement Function”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw has lauded the efforts of manufacturer Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, which is introducing a new line of reduced gluten and no-gluten added products made from cassava flour, to the market. During the courtesy call on the Minister at his New Kingston office on March 28,Continue reading “Minister Shaw Lauds F1RST Brand Cassava Bread”

Did you know that MICAF’s Public Gardens Division is responsible for the maintenance and development of three of Jamaica’s Botanical Gardens and two Scenic Avenues? Click HERE to read more.  

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gary Dixon, Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the RADA Manchester Open Day on March 22, 2019. The agriculture minister commended the Manchester farmers for being the highest domestic food crops producers in 2018 and encouraged them to plant moreContinue reading “Minister Shaw greets RADA’s Parish Agricultural Manager”

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, reaps onion during a tour of the 92-acre onion field of Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019. Looking on (from left) are Sophia Francis-Richardson, Operations Manager, World Net; Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority;Continue reading “Minister Shaw reaps onion during a tour of the Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm”

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, displays onion reaped from Dencon Foods JA Ltd 92-acre farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019 during a tour of the farm and post-harvesting and storage facility, which is currently under construction. Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm is a subsidiary of World Net,Continue reading “Minister Shaw displays onion reaped from Dencon Foods 92-acre farm”

In keeping with Government’s drive to promote diversification and increased production in the agricultural sector, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has committed an additional 200 acres of land for lease to Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm, through the SCJ Holdings Ltd. Speaking at a function held at Dencon Foods inContinue reading “Agri ministry to lease 200 acres of land for new farm venture”

Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, will be spending some $752 million in the 2019/20 fiscal year, under the National Farm Roads Project as part of the measures to boost market access through improved road infrastructure. So far for Manchester, 13 roads or approximately seven kilometres have been refurbished at aContinue reading “Gov’t earmarks over $750m for farm roads repair”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, H.E. Juan José González Mijares (centre); and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Minister Shaw and Ambassador Mijares discussedContinue reading “Ministers Shaw and Green meet with His Excellency Juan José González Mijares”