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Customer Service Representative, National Baking Company Limited, Sandra Beckford offering sample of the company’s 5% cassava bread to Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown at the 2017 Regional Starch Conference held at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The two-day conferenceContinue reading “Director General Vivian Brown Samples National’s 5% Cassava Bread”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) greeting Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw on arrival at the official launch of the Irish Potato programme in Malton, Manchester on Friday, March 24, 2017.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) greeting Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw on arrival at the official launch of the Irish Potato programme in Malton, Manchester on Friday, March 24, 2017.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda, has said that in order to achieve the goal of 100% self-sufficiency in Irish potato production the Government will be calling on young people to assist with the planting of seedlings on an additional 300 acres of land that will be brought into production. SpeakingContinue reading “Samuda wants young people to be involved in Irish potato production”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda, has said that in order to achieve the goal of 100% self-sufficiency in Irish potato production the Government will be calling on young people to assist with the planting of seedlings on an additional 300 acres of land that will be brought into production. SpeakingContinue reading “Samuda wants young people to be involved in Irish potato production”

The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries wishes to advise the public that the annual Close Season for spiny lobsters commences on April 1 and ends on June 30, 2017. The Fisheries Division wishes to further remind the public that new Regulations governing the Close Season for spiny lobsters areContinue reading “ANNUAL SPINY LOBSTER CLOSE SEASON APRIL 1 – JUNE 30”

The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries wishes to advise the public that the annual Close Season for spiny lobsters commences on April 1 and ends on June 30, 2017. The Fisheries Division wishes to further remind the public that new Regulations governing the Close Season for spiny lobsters areContinue reading “ANNUAL SPINY LOBSTER CLOSE SEASON APRIL 1 – JUNE 30”

Diversification of the product base, focusing on trading with our regional markets, and expansion of production are among the strategies identified by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry for the growth of the sugar cane industry. Mr Stanberry was speaking at the Regional Policy Workshop for industry andContinue reading “Stanberry recommends restructuring and repositioning of sugar industry”

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown, says that the industrial starch market worldwide is poised for growth within the next six years. “Output in the industrial starch industry, by volume, is projected to reach 113.9 MT by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate of 3.9% fromContinue reading “Industrial Starch Market Poised for Growth”

Diversification of the product base, focusing on trading with our regional markets, and expansion of production are among the strategies identified by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry for the growth of the sugar cane industry. Mr Stanberry was speaking at the Regional Policy Workshop for industry andContinue reading “Stanberry recommends restructuring and repositioning of sugar industry”