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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has emphasised the importance of accreditation to Jamaican manufacturers in the export of their products, identifying it as a critical enabler of economic growth for developing countries like Jamaica. “If we are to grow, we must therefore learn to play the manufacturing and exportContinue reading “Accreditation critical enabler of economic growth – Shaw”

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Randy Dougherty, Chairman of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation, at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 27.

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses delegates at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 27.

Nickoe Booth Thompson, Accreditation Manager, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, presents token to the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 27.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon.  Audley Shaw, has congratulated the winners in this year’s Praedial Larceny Prevention Essay and Poster Competition, even as he challenged young people to shun the practice of illegally benefitting from the effort and hard work of others. Addressing the awards ceremony of the competition held Tuesday, AugustContinue reading “Shaw lauds praedial larceny competition winners”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with (from left) Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; Agri-Business Specialist, IICA, Ainsworth Riley; and Rural Development Specialist, IICA, Shauna Brandon, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday,Continue reading “Courtesy Call with IICA Representatives”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Agri-Business Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Ainsworth Riley, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday, August 24, 2018. Looking on (from left) are IICA Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; and Rural Development Specialist, IICA,Continue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw greets IICA Representatives”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has issued a call for more authentic Jamaican craft products to be available in the island’s hotels and at least one of the island’s airports. The Minister issued this call at the official opening of the Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store at Devon House inContinue reading “Shaw wants more “things Jamaican” in craft shops”

Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addressing farmers in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas, at an agricultural development stakeholders’ forum, held on August 21. Others from left are Bevene Martin-Dickenson, parish manager; and Dwight Forrester, marketing extension officer, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.

Coffee farmer, Faylin Greenleaf, speaking at the Agricultural Development Stakeholders’ Forum held at the Church of God of Prophecy in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas, on August 21. Coffee is one of several crops produced by the farmers on approximately 285 hectares in the Cedar Valley Extension Area in St. Thomas.