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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), views packages of cement being shown to him by General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Peter Donkersloot, during a tour of the company’s plant on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses the use of the motorised knapsack sprayer with young farmers from Rowlandsfield Youth Group at the St. Jago Farm Supplies `Salute to Farmers’ function held in St. Thomas on October 10. Others from left are Wayne Chin, ProjectContinue reading “Minister Hutchinson discusses the use of motorised Knapsack sprayer with young farmers”

Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets farmer Patrick Solomon of the Plantain Garden River Agro-Park at the St. Jago Farm Supplies `Salute to Farmers’ function held in St. Thomas on October 10. At left is Janet Barrett-McIntosh. Sixty farmers from six groups in St. ThomasContinue reading “Minister Hutchinson greets farmer Patrick Solomon”

Shaun Baugh Principal Director at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; speaking at the 15th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association held in Mandeville on September 28.

Haniff Brown (left), President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA), in dialogue with Shaun Baugh (centre), Principal Director at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Maureen Webber, guest speaker at the 15th Annual General Meeting of the JPFA held in Mandeville on September 28.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), in discussion with (from left) Chairman, Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, Jason Sharp; and President, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant, at a media briefing to update farmers and the country on the developments in the coffee industry, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices,Continue reading “Minister Samuda in discussion with Chairman Jason Sharp and President Norman Grant”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), looks on as Managing Director, Newport Fersan, Dennis Valdez (1st right) hands over a bag of fertilizer to (from left) coffee farmers Stafford Brooks, Odia Bruce and Will Frazer, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Occasion was aContinue reading “Media Briefing to update farmers and the country on devlopments in the coffee industry”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has pledged continued support to coffee farmers in Jamaica, in an effort to see the sector grow. The Minister disclosed that, the Government, through the Ministry, will be allocating J$80 million from the Productivity Incentive Programme for coffee farmers towards the purchase of inputs suchContinue reading “Samuda pledges $80 million to support coffee farmers”

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown is urging consumers to be vigilant and proactive in protecting their rights. He further added that consumers must continue to ensure that unfair and misleading trading practices do not impair their ability to make informed choices when purchasing particular products or whenContinue reading “Consumers urged to be vigilant – DG Brown”