Courtesy Call with IICA Representatives
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with (from left) Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; Agri-Business Specialist, IICA, Ainsworth Riley; and Rural Development Specialist, IICA, Shauna Brandon, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday, August 24, 2018. Among the matters discussed were assistance from IICA for Jamaica to access markets in the Americas for primary and processed agricultural products and trade in agriculture products between Jamaica and most of IICA members.
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