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Senior Director in the Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Delroy Coley (right) makes enquiries about a chemical shown to him by Marketing Development Officer of H &L Agro/Syngenta, Kingsley Palmer (centre) and Marketing Development Officer of H&L Agro, Andre Gordon, at the Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association, held Wednesday, November 13 at the Denbigh Showgrounds in Clarendon.

Ministry examines recommendations for rightsizing sugar industry

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) is currently reviewing several recommendations in a bid to rightsize the country’s sugar industry. Against the background of the widespread desire of industry stakeholders to see the industry succeed, portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, listed several matters to be explored and addressed in the bid to secure a sustainable future for the industry. Minister Shaw identified the recommendations in a speech delivered by Senior Director of Strategic Corporate Planning in the Ministry, Delroy Coley, at the 70th Annual General...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Minister Shaw Urges Greater Linkages Between Tourism and Agriculture

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has urged stakeholders in the tourism industry to leverage the innate link that exists between the tourism and agriculture industries. Speaking at the press launch and official signing of the Hotel Management Agreement between Amaterra Group Jamaica and Marriott International, Minister Shaw reiterated the need for the tourism industry to buy more local produce and support Jamaican farmers, in an effort to boost local production as well as reduce Jamaica’s reliance on imported produce to feed the sector. “We...


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Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Senior Director in the Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Delroy Coley (second right) makes a point about the variety of sugarcane available, at the Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association (AIJCFA), held Wednesday, November 13 at the Denbigh Showgrounds in Clarendon. Others from left are, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Lenworth Fulton, Immediate Past Chairman of the AIJCFA, Allan Rickards and Manager of the AIJCFA, Nigel Myrie.


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Senior Director Delroy Coley addresses the Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Senior Director in the Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Delroy Coley (second right) addresses the Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association(AIJCFA), held Wednesday, November 13 at the Denbigh Showgrounds in Clarendon. At left is Manager of the AIJCFA, Nigel Myrie.


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State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left) listens to a point made by Technical Specialist in the Socio-Economic Development Unit of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm, at the National Social Enterprise Forum, held at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester on November 13.

Social enterprises critical in addressing social issues and accelerating economic growth - Min. Green

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, says that social enterprises are critical in addressing Jamaica’s social issues and accelerating economic growth and development. Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social objectives, and whose surpluses are reinvested in their business or the community. Their primary mission is to solve social, economic or environmental problems at community or national level through effective and ethical business practices. They have the dual responsibility of creating social value and ensuring...


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Hon. Floyd Green peruses the National 2030 Agenda document

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left) peruses the National 2030 Agenda document while listening to Project Associate of Sustainable Development Goals at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Latoya Hanson at the National Social Enterprise Forum, held at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester on November 13.


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National Social Enterprise Forum

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 14 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green delivers an address at the National Social Enterprise Forum, held at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester on November 13.


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HERE’S TO EATING JAMAICAN: Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Monique Gibbs, samples jackfruit wine along with (from left) Lenworth Fulton, President, Owen Dobson, 2nd Vice-Present, Christopher Emmanuel, CEO, all of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, and Victor Cummings, Project Manager, Lakes Pen Agri-Ventures, at MegaMart Wholesale Club in Kingston on November 8, 2019. The occasion was the launch of Eat Jamaican Month under the theme ‘Grow What We Eat … Eat What We Grow’. The month-long celebrations include Eat Jamaican School Tours and will culminate with the Eat Jamaican Day Expo on November 25 at Devon House in St. Andrew.

Jamaicans urged to consume and utilize more Jamaican produce and products

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 11 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Jamaicans are being urged to consume and utilize more Jamaican produce and products in order to grow and build Jamaica. The call was made by Monique Gibbs, Chief Technical Director at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the launch of Eat Jamaican Month on November 8 held at MegaMart in Kingston “Eating Jamaican is about supporting local agriculture,” said Gibbs, who was representing Minister Audley Shaw, who was unavoidably absent due to an overseas engagement. “It is about spending your money on fresher, tastier products that have been grown or processed locally...


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Launch of Eat Jamaican Month under the theme ‘Grow What We Eat … Eat What We Grow’

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 11 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Lenworth Fulton, President, Christopher Emmanuel, CEO, both of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Monique Gibbs, Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Victor Cummings, Project Manager, Lakes Pen Agri-Ventures, view local produce on sale at MegaMart Wholesale Club in Kingston on November 8, 2019. The occasion was the launch of Eat Jamaican Month under the theme ‘Grow What We Eat … Eat What We Grow’. The month-long celebrations include Eat Jamaican School Tours and will culminate with the Eat Jamaican Day Expo on November 25 at Devon House...


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Shoppers examine local produce on sale at the launch of Eat Jamaican Month

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 11 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Shoppers examine local produce on sale at MegaMart Wholesale Club in Kingston during the launch of Eat Jamaican Month on November 8, 2019. Under the theme ‘Grow What We Eat … Eat What We Grow’, the Eat Jamaican campaign is an initiative of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. The month-long celebrations include Eat Jamaican School Tours and will culminate with the Eat Jamaican Day Expo on November 25 at Devon House in St. Andrew.


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