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Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, at the 124th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on July 10. Seated at centre is the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Home Grown School Feeding Programme to be established

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 11 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Discussions are under way for the establishment of a Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Jamaica. This was disclosed by the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, who stated that during discussions at the recently held FAO meeting in Rome, the FAO had expressed an interest in sending a representative to Jamaica to assist in creating a model school-feeding programme. Minister Shaw was addressing farmers at the 124th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on July 10. The agriculture...


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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

Hutchinson calls for removal of GCT on imported seeds

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 11 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has reiterated his call for the removal of GCT on imported seeds and refrigerated trucks. Lamenting the high food import bill of approximately US$902 million in 2018, Minister Hutchinson said the removal of GCT on these items was necessary to facilitate increased production and modernisation of the agricultural sector. Speaking at the 124th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society on July 10, held at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon, Minister Hutchinson...


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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Hon. Audley Shaw (third right) congratulates, Accompong Town maroon Colonel Ferron Williams (second left), by presenting him with a certificate of authorization to grow marijuana , at the signing of a tripartite agreement , at the Ministry’s St. Lucia offices in New Kingston on July 8. Others participating (from left), are, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Timeless Herbal Care, Courtney Betty, Consultant at Timeless Herbal Care, William Rennalls, State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green and Chairperson of the Cannabis Licensing Authority, Hyacinth Lightbourne.

System coming to formalise ganja growing for medicinal purposes

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 08 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw says a formal system is being put together for small farmers interested in the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes. The Minister made the disclosure in an address at the signing of a tripartite agreement, under the Alternative Development (AD) Project, at the Ministry’s St. Lucia offices in New Kingston on July 8. The (AD) project is being implemented as a strategy to transition traditional cannabis farmers from an illicit framework into the regulated environment, which is currently the purview of the Cannabis...


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Signing of Tripartite Agreement for Cannabis Pilot Project

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 08 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Hon. Audley Shaw (right) looks on as President and Chief Executive Officer of Timeless Herbal Care, Courtney Betty (left) signs the tripartite agreement under the Alternate Development (AD) Project, at the St. Lucia offices of the Ministry in New Kingston on July 8. Looking on at centre is Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroons, Ferron Williams. The AD Project is being implemented as a strategy to transition traditional cannabis farmers from an illicit framework into the regulated framework.


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State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (right) listens on as the Inter-American Development Bank, Chief of Operations in Jamaica, Adriana La Valley, speaks during a panel discussion hosted by the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on July 3.

MSME manufacturers to benefit from low EXIM Bank interest rate-Green

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 04 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Micro, small and medium-sized (MSMEs) manufacturers will soon be able to benefit from new a loan facility offered by the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica at an interest rate of 4.75 per cent. State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, made the announcement at a Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Access to Finance Facilitation Panel (ACFFP) discussion, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on July 3. “We have said to our bank, the EXIM Bank that we have to work through some nuances and do more. From a...


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Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica/Jamaica Bankers Association small and medium-sized enterprise workshop

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 04 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), engages in discussion with President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson (left), at a Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica/Jamaica Bankers Association small and medium-sized enterprise workshop, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on July 3. At (right) is Director of the SBAJ, Garnett Reid.


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Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica/Jamaica Bankers Association small and medium-sized enterprise workshop

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 04 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses stakeholders at a Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica/Jamaica Bankers Association small and medium-sized enterprise workshop, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on July 3. The event was held under the theme ‘Time for Growth: Unlocking the power of the SME’.


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets Ambassador Luis Del Solar

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 03 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Ambassador of Argentina, H.E. Luis Del Solar, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Matters discussed included the strengthening of technical cooperation and opportunities to expand trade between Jamaica and Argentina.


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Minister Audley Shaw along with Ambassador Luis Del Solar and Deputy Head Patricio Uruena Palacio

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 03 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Deputy Head of Mission, Argentina, Patricio Uruena Palacio (right); and Ambassador of Argentina, H.E. Luis Del Solar, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Matters discussed included the strengthening of technical cooperation and opportunities to expand trade between Jamaica and Argentina.


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Ambassador of Argentina pays a courtesy call on the Hon. Audley Shaw

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 03 Jul 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), in discussion with (from left) Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Monique Gibbs; Deputy Head of Mission, Argentina, Patricio Uruena Palacio; Ambassador of Argentina, H.E. Luis Del Solar; and Chief Veterinary Officer in the Ministry, Dr. Osbil Watson, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Matters discussed included the strengthening of technical cooperation and the possibilities for expanding trade between Jamaica and Argentina.


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