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Regional Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Europe and Central Asia (ECA), Ms Georgina Baker (left), presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), with a gift during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Looking on is Minister without Portfolio in theContinue reading “Regional Vice-President Georgina Baker presents Minister Audley Shaw with a gift”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the Organisation Development (OD)Transformation Conference, at the Spanish Court Hotel, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The two-day conference is being hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Organisation Development of Excellence (CARI-CODE) and the Caribbean Organisation Development Network (CODN) from May 21-22, under theContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the Organisation Development Transformation Conference”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called for an increase in Jamaica’s productivity index so that the country’s economy can remain on a growth path. He noted that productivity is an issue that we have to confront more directly and in a more focused way. Speaking at the opening of anContinue reading “Minister Shaw calls for increase in worker productivity”

Acting Principal Director in the Economic Planning and Policy Division of the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Michelle Parkins (right) engages in conversation with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, at a workshop to promote tourism linkages with the Jamaican agri-food sector, at the Alhambra InnContinue reading “Acting Principal Director Michelle Parkins in discussion with IICA Representative Dr. Elizabeth Johnson”

Acting Principal Director in the Economic Planning and Policy Division of the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Michelle Parkins (right), listens attentively to Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson (centre), at a workshop to promote tourism linkages with the Jamaican agri-food sector, at the Alhambra Inn inContinue reading “CTA Agro-Tourism Workshop”

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green ( left), converses with Chairperson, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis, at the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday, May 16, 2019. The JTIP is being developed through support from theContinue reading “Minister Floyd Green converses with Chairperson Patricia Francis”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with (from left) Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, at the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday, May 16,Continue reading “Launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal”

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (right), in dialogue with (from left) Chairperson, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis; Principal Investment Officer & Head, English-Speaking Caribbean, International Finance Corporation, Judith Green; and President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, at the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), at theContinue reading “Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence at the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal”

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is targeting the tourism sector as a major market for the increased use of local produce. The sector forms part of the other four markets that are also being targeted by the Ministry and includes: local consumers, the Diaspora, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and a national school-feedingContinue reading “Agriculture Ministry places major focus on tourism sector for use of local produce”

The business community will now have quick access to the country’s trade rules with the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw. The portal, which aims to improve trade facilitation and generate moreContinue reading “Shaw Launches New Trade Information Portal”