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Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets employees of Caribbean Broilers’ Imagination Farm, Margaret Harrison and Desmond Clarke, during a tour of its onion plot in Hill Run, St. Catherine, on April 6. Under phase one of the project, some 12 acres of onion was being reaped.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on small farmers to be ready to partner with larger farmers in an effort to increase their productivity. The larger farmers have access to technology that Minister Shaw is hoping to tap under a mother farm/partner farm model to move the industry ahead. “ThereContinue reading “Ready yourselves – Shaw tells Small Farmers”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry at the launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month, held at the headquarters of the Jamaica Agricultural Society(JAS) in Kingston today (April 4).

Norman Grant (right), President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, introduces the Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, to the JAS offices at Church Street in Kingston prior to the launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month today (April 4).

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has signalled his intention to collaborate with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) as well as the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) in his bid to lift agricultural production in the country. The newly-appointed Minister made his declaration Easter Monday, April 2, as he addressed theContinue reading “Shaw wants partnership with JAS, Coconut Board”

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture (MICAF), samples Irish potato punch and pudding made by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority along with (from left) the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, both of MICAF. At right is Camille Ambersely, Parish Officer at RADA. The occasionContinue reading “Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, in lamenting the fact that there was too much idle land in Jamaica, said that he will be developing a master plan for putting these lands into production, in conjunction with the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. Minister Shaw, who was addressingContinue reading “Minister Shaw meets staff at Agriculture Ministry”

Newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to staff at the St. Lucia offices of the Ministry, on Wednesday March 28, 2018. Minister Shaw says he is looking forward to working with the Ministry and encourages the staff to be innovative, enterprising, and mobilize an environment that facilitates theContinue reading “Minister Shaw meets with staff at his St. Lucia offices”

Newly minted, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, discuss the way forward at a meeting of staff members and Directors on Minister Shaw’s first day in office.

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown, is urging businesses to seek international standard certification so that they can be competitive in the global marketplace. He made the remarks during the presentation of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certificates to JP Tropical Foods-Snacks Division and Jamaica NorthContinue reading “Businesses urged to become globally competitive through ISO certification”