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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging young people to think big and to place more emphasis on creating products for the international marketplace. “Our vision is to have a vibrant re-energised agricultural sector involving young creative minds and young men and women who are technologically savvy and readyContinue reading “Shaw encourages young people to think big for agriculture”

Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views Irish potato sucker while Alvin Murray (2nd left), Project Coordinator, World University Service of Canada Caribbean PROPEL, explains tissue culture technology used to develop plant. Others from left are Donald Robinson, Agricultural Extension Facilitator, Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises andContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw views Irish potato sucker”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with students from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Studies at Knox Community College at the Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum, held at the Cobbla Campus of Knox Community College in Manchester on September 7.Continue reading “Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum”

Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin has announced a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector. Lee-Chin made the announcement at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices today, September 10, 2018. The donation, whichContinue reading “$60-million gift for coffee farmers”

Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with (from left) Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, and Robert Rainford, chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF)Continue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking with CEO Valerie Veira and Chairman Robert Rainford at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium”

Robert Rainford (right), chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica, discusses KMJ bamboo products with (from left) Stephen Wedderburn, Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Khadesha Whyte, manufacturer of KMJ sauces, pickles and seasonings, at the media launch for the Caribbean InternationalContinue reading “Chairman Robert Rainford discusses KMJ bamboo products with Hon. Audley Shaw and Executive Director Stephen Wedderburn”

Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on September 5. The symposium will be hosted by the MICAF, the BSJ , the International Network for Bamboo andContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium”

Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, smells (right) at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on September 5. Others from left are Stephen Wedderburn, Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), and ValerieContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw smells KMJ Bamboo Jerk Seasoning manufactured by Khadesha Whyte”

Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Hon Fayval Williams, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture andContinue reading “Ministers Audley Shaw and Fayval Williams at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar”

Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Patricia Francis, chairman of the Trade Facilitation Task Force, at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has primary responsibility for the successfulContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw greets Chairman Pat Francis at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar”