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Shaun Baugh (right), Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses irrigation equipment with Burrell Scarlett, General Manager of Evergrow Garden Center at the Evergrow-K Rain irrigation seminar titled ‘Irrigation – Design, Installation, Operation & Maintenance’, held at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine on July 5. AtContinue reading “Principal Director, Shaun Baugh discusses irrigation equipment with General Manager, Burrell Scarlett and International Sales Manager, Gui Azambuja”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has welcomed the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO’s) focus on climate change, agriculture and food security at its 40th Session of the FAO Conference now underway in Rome, Italy. Minister Samuda, who was delivering an address to the Conference in RomeContinue reading “Agriculture Minister welcomes FAO’s Focus on Climate Change”

Chairman, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Kent Gammon, speaking at a media briefing to update the country on the new sugar standards, CAC’s performance, annual textbook survey, agricultural prices, bad gas, banking code and World Consumer Rights Day, held at the offices of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) in New Kingston, onContinue reading “Chairman Kent Gammon speaking at Media Briefing”

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries the Hon J. C. Hutchinson is urging investors to get involved in providing support to marketing and value-added processing in the agricultural sector. He was speaking at the handover of seven agro-processing facilities by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSF) to the RuralContinue reading “Hutchinson urges investors to get on board agro processing”

(From left) Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda; Head of Delegation to the European Union (EU), Jamaica, Ambasssador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and President, University of Technology, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, shake hands after signing a contract for the establishment of small business enterprises for residents of sugar- dependent areas, which forms partContinue reading “Minister Samuda, Ambassador Wasilewska and Professor Vasciannie after signing contract with the EU”

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) and the University of Technology (Utech) have signed a Partnership Agreement of grant funding for the establishment of small business enterprises for residents of sugar dependent areas through the provision of loans, grants and technical assistance, to be funded by the European Union. Under this AgreementContinue reading “Agri Ministry and UTECH sign Partnership Agreement to establish businesses in sugar areas”

National Animal Identification and Traceability System – June 21: Click link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbbjHkW5Ns&feature=youtu.be&a Strawberry Production in Jamaica – June 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0uFl-RVwII&feature=youtu.be&a St. Mary Multi-purpose Co-operative Cold Storage Facility – June 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di82hmvSq0Q&feature=youtu.be&a RADA on flood damage to agricultural sector from May rains-June 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfAtYFmYMrg&feature=youtu.be&a

Click link: http://staging.miic.gov.jm/content/document-1498688950

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has announced that there are no plans to ban meat products from Brazil at this time. His announcement follows news that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended the importation of all fresh beef from Brazil following safety concerns. Minister Samuda, who wasContinue reading “US Ban on Brazilian Beef Won’t Affect Local Market”

Effective Saturday, July 1, 2017, the new labelling, packaging and food safety requirements for brown and granulated sugar will become mandatory for pre-packaged sugar and will be implemented across the entire island of Jamaica. This means that all pre-packaged sugar available to the retail trade must now be appropriately labelled. This is intended to ensureContinue reading “Compliance with the Revised Sugar Standard JS:102 to become effective July 1”