Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, along with Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence (right) and Lenworth Fulton, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, at the virtual launch of the 37th commemoration of Farmer’s Month on April 9, 2020. Minister Shaw commended the farmers for their contribution to the 7.8 per cent in growth in domestic crop production in the last quarter of 2019 and for their donation of $7.5 million worth of crops to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for its COVID-19 relief programmes.
Shaw commends farmers for consistent supply of food in light of COVID-19 pandemic
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has commended farmers across the country for ensuring that there is a consistent supply of food items in the island in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the virtual launch of Farmer’s Month 2020, at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on April 9, Mr. Shaw extended commendations to those farmers who donated produce to a relief programme led by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. “Over $7.5million worth of crops has been donated by farmers to that Ministry,” he said. Additionally, Mr. Shaw...
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