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Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses with participants in the CASE Alumni Association’s Panel Discussion held at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston on May 17 under the theme ‘Jamaica’s National Food Security & the Vulnerability of Local Food Supplies to External Economic Shocks’. From left are Una MayContinue reading “Minister Shaw along with participants in the CASE Alumni Association’s Panel Discussion”

Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with participants in the CASE Alumni Association’s Panel Discussion held at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston on May 17 under the theme ‘Jamaica’s National Food Security & the Vulnerability of Local Food Supplies to External Economic Shocks’. From left areContinue reading “Minister Shaw shares a light moment with participants in the CASE Alumni Association’s Panel Discussion”

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, has emphasised the importance of adequate irrigation to the consistent and sustainable growth of agricultural production. Noting that the country can no longer rely on rainfall only, Minister Hutchinson said that it is important that farmers understand and employ theContinue reading “Agriculture ministry emphasises importance of irrigation for agricultural expansion”

Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; in discussion with (from left) Michael Donegan, farmer from Colbeck in St. Catherine; and Thomas Davidovich, Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Naandanjain Irrigation Company; at a St. Jago Farm & Hardware Supplies Ltd-hosted seminar on irrigationContinue reading “Minister Hutchinson in discussion with farmer Michael Donegan and Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Thomas Davidovich”

Thomas Davidovich (centre), Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Naandanjain Irrigation Company; explains use of irrigation equipment with (from left) O’Brien Johnson, Managing Director, St. Jago Farm & Hardware Hardware Supplies Ltd; Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and Colbeck farmers Edmond Harris andContinue reading “St. Jago Farm & Hardware Supplies Ltd-hosted seminar on irrigation”

Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; in discussion with Emile Spence (left), president of the Colbeck Water Users Association in St. Catherine; at a seminar on irrigation held at Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on May 16. At right is O’Brien Johnson, Managing Director of St.Continue reading “Minister Hutchinson in discussion with President Emile Spence”

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with farmers at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17 at which 166 farmers from the communities of Windsor Forest, Ness Castle and Richmond Gap in St Thomas and Mavis Bank and Bloxburgh in St. Andrew received certificatesContinue reading “Minister Audley Shaw in conversation with farmers at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony”

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; in conversation with Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority; at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17 at which 166 farmers from the communities of Windsor Forest, Ness Castle and Richmond Gap in StContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with CEO Peter Thompson”

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; addressing farmers at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17. Others from left are Patrice Gilpin, Communication Specialist, Integrated Management of the Yallahs and Hope Rivers Watershed Management Areas Project; and Ainsworth Carroll, Director of Planning, Projects, Monitoring, EvaluationContinue reading “Minister Shaw addressing farmers at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony”

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; greets farmer Claudette McIntosh, member of the Bloxburgh group in St. Andrew at a Farmer Field School Graduation Ceremony held in Kingston on May 17 at which 166 farmers from the communities of Windsor Forest, Ness Castle and Richmond Gap in St Thomas and MavisContinue reading “Minister Shaw greets farmer Claudette McIntosh”