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Open Day of the Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division

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 01 Nov 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (right), takes interest in an explanation on the role of the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry from Animal Health Technician at the VSD, Sharna Frater, at an open day hosted by the Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID), at the MICAF playfield, Hope Gardens’, Kingston on October 31.


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Minister Audley Shaw in discussion with US Ambassador H.E. Donald R. Tapia

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 31 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right) converses with Ambassador of the United States, H.E. Donald R. Tapia, during an introductory courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Ambassador Tapia and his team met with Minister Shaw and other Ministry representatives to discuss trade relations between the two countries, in particular the importation of pork from the US; Jamaica’s cannabis industry; Intellectual Property; mutual benefits of continued cooperation on border control, among other things.


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Minister Shaw meets with US Ambassador and team

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 31 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with Ministry officials and the Cannabis Licensing Authority team meet with Ambassador of the United States, H.E. Donald R. Tapia and his team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Ambassador Tapia and his team met with Minister Shaw and other Ministry representatives to discuss trade relations between the two countries, in particular the importation of pork from the US; Jamaica’s cannabis industry; Intellectual Property; mutual benefits of...


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

Minister Shaw endorses staging of health, home and garden Expo

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 29 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, has endorsed the 12th staging of the Health, Home and Garden Expo. “I want to commend the Health, Home and Garden team on its staging and, for the foresight and vision of fusing the focus on health with a family-focused entertainment, while supplying important information geared toward helping our families to live wholesome lives. Your team saw the need to help to drive home the message of wellness and healthy living given Jamaica’s quest, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness and, the HEART Foundation of Jamaica...


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State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), listens attentively to a point being made by Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, His Worship, Councillor Bertel Moore (right), to President of Apollon Formularies Jamaica, Dr. Stephen Barnhill, at the official opening of Doc’s Place Wellness Centre and Apollon Formularies Jamaica in Negril, Westmoreland, on October 25.

Green calls for more investments in R&D in local cannabis industry

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 28 Oct 2019    nicola.wint   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is calling for more investments to be made in the area of research and development in the local cannabis industry. Addressing the official opening of Doc’s Place Wellness Centre and Apollon Formularies Jamaica in Negril, Westmoreland, on October 25, Mr. Green noted that “this is where we need to go (in developing) our strains to see the benefits of ganja”. “We want to encourage more investors to look at this end of the industry. Yes, we want to see more dispensaries. Yes, we want to see herb...


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Conch Close Season Still in Effect...Ministry Warns Against Breaches

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 25 Oct 2019    Anonymous   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is reminding all fisherfolk, traders and the public at large that the Conch Close Season is still in effect and any breaches of the Close Season Order will be severely penalized in accordance with the Fisheries Act 2018. By way of Ministerial Order the Honourable Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries declared, a Close Season for queen conch (Genus Strombus) for the period March 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020. The Order states, inter alia, that during the period of the close season, it SHALL be illegal for any...


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Help Us Keep Tropical Race 4 disease out of Jamaica

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 25 Oct 2019    Anonymous   
The Tropical Race 4 (TR4) Disease of banana or fusarium wilt is a deadly disease of bananas and plantains. It is caused by the soil-borne fungus, Fusarium oxysporumf.sp.cubense. TR4 is not currently present in Jamaica and it is very important to keep it out of the country. If you see signs of TR4, contact the PQPI Branch at 977-0637 or 977-6401 or the Banana Board at 922-2083 or 383-7235. Click here to visit TR4 webpage.


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Bodles Research Station receives US$200,000 upgraded seed bank facility

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 25 Oct 2019    Anonymous   
Jamaica’s agricultural sector’s resilience to climate change has been boosted with the handover of an upgraded US$200,000 seed bank facility at the Bodles Research Station that will improve the station’s ability to increase its seed-producing capacity as well as house seeds of climate-resilient crop varieties. “This is important as it will enable us to have a faster recovery time for the sector in the event of natural disasters as the planting material will now be more readily available for use in the replanting exercises,” said the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce,...


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Jamaica explores growing mushrooms for medicinal purposes

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 23 Oct 2019    Anonymous   
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left) along with Chief Operating Officer, Oakland Licensed Professional Therapeutics (OLP); Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, UTech, Dr. Ellen Campbell-Grizzle; Senior Advisor to Minister Shaw, Dennis Boothe; Scientific Consultant (OLP) Tomas Garrett and Founder/Chief Executive Officer, OLP, James (Jim) Keim. In background from left are; Lead Researcher, Ian Bollinger and Mushroom Cultivation Expert, OLP, Reggie Harris, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on...


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MICAF Permanent Secretary greets Mushroom Cultivation Expert

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 23 Oct 2019    Anonymous   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left) greets Mushroom Cultivation Expert, Oakland Licensed Professional Therapeutics (OLP), USA, Reggie Harris, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Tuesday, October 22. Mr. Harris was part of the OLP team that met with Ministry officials to discuss partnering with Jamaica in growing mushrooms for medicinal purposes.


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