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Ansel Golaub (left) of A&L Golaub & Sons marketing company speaking with (from left) the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, and Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, both of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the National Irish Potato Stakeholders’ Seminar at Devon, Manchester, on April 26.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging the country’s over 104,000 4-H Club members to pursue excellence and to make a difference in all they do. “Don’t let anybody tamper with your ambition,” the Minister told the young people, as he addressed them at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs NationalContinue reading “Shaw urges 4-H clubbites to pursue excellence”

Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; greets 4-H clubbites from the Collington Primary School at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo, held at Denbigh in Clarendon on April 27.

Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, samples cassava punch along with Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Dr. Ronald Blake during a tour of the Hanover booth at the National Achievement Expo, held in Denbigh, Clarendon, on April 27. At right is Parish Manager Errol Wynter.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the refurbishing of the seed storage facility at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station in St. Catherine. The facility will house the seeds of climate resilient crop varieties for Jamaica and theContinue reading “Agri Ministry and CARDI sign MoU for refurbishing of seed storage facility”

General Manager, Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited, Seprod Group, Jeffrey Moss-Solomon (right), discusses cornmeal and cornmeal products with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, during a tour of the company’s facility, located on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston, on Wednesday, April 19, 2018.

Operations Manager, Seprod, Dale Wiest (left), shows Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, the flour manufacturing process, during a tour of Seprod’s facility, on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Acting Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development, Andrew Colburn, at the Sandals Resort International/ The Nature Conservancy Sustainable Fisheries Forum, held in Ocho Rios on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The aim of the forum was to facilitate discussions about theContinue reading “Minister Shaw converses with Acting Mission Director Andrew Colburn”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the Sandals Resort International/ The Nature Conservancy Sustainable Fisheries Forum, held in Ocho Rios on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The aim of the forum was to facilitate discussions about the threats facing the island’s parrotfish population, the implications of these threats and possibleContinue reading “Minister Audley Shaw speaking at the Nature Conservancy Sustainable Fisheries Forum”

The micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) are set to benefit from the establishment of a Micro Stock Exchange. This will allow MSMEs to obtain funds to support the growth and expansion of their businesses. This was announced by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw in his keynote address at theContinue reading “MSMEs to benefit from the establishment of a micro stock exchange”