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Hon Audley Shaw greets Barbados 4-H Ambassador 2019 Shanese Phoenix

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 08 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Shanese Phoenix, Barbados 4-H Ambassador 2019, at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Day Expo, held at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on April 5, 2019.


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Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Day Expo

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 08 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Omar Hanson (left) of Manchester 4-H Clubs, explains operation of hydroponic system on display to (from left) Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Ackera Gowie, National 4-H Girl 2012 and National Festival Queen 2018, and Hidran McKulskie, Chairman, Jamaica 4-H Clubs. The occasion was the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Day Expo held at Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on April 5, 2019. In keeping with the theme ‘Eco-based Adaptation Strategies: A 4-H Response to Climate Smart Agriculture’, Minister Shaw underscored the importance of practising...


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Minister Shaw views display at the 4-H Clubs National Achievement Day Expo

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 08 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views whole wheat bread made by members of the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre 4-H Club during a tour of the St. Catherine 4-H Clubs display at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Day Expo, held at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on April 5, 2019. At left is Elaine Campbell, Parish Manager, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, and in the background is Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake.


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President Lenworth Fulton welcomes 2018 Champion Farmer Martin Zsifkovics to the launch of National Farmers’ Month

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 05 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Lenworth Fulton (2nd left), President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), welcomes Champion Farmer 2018 Martin Zsifkovics to the launch of National Farmers’ Month, held at the JAS headquarters in downtown Kingston on April 3, 2019. Others from left are Hedda Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority. This year is the 36th anniversary of Farmers Month, held annually to celebrate the work of Jamaican farmers.


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Launch of National Farmers’ Month

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 05 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Members of The Mico University College Cultural Group in performance at the launch of National Farmers’ Month, held at the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s headquarters in downtown Kingston on April 3, 2019. Farmers Month is organised by the JAS in collaboration with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, and Newport-Fersan . Activities will include a lecture focusing on the impact of climate change at the University of Technology , Farmers’ Training and Recognition Forum across the island, H&L Agro Farmers’ Special, offering a 3-15% discount at all locations and a Newport-Fersan...


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Marketing and Communications Manager Simone Mahabeer endorses National Farmers’ Month

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 05 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Simone Mahabeer, Marketing and Communications Manager of H&L Agro, endorses National Farmers’ Month at its launch held at the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) headquarters in downtown Kingston on April 3, 2019. At left is Lenworth Fulton, President, and Christopher Emanuel, Chief Executive Officer, both of the JAS. Farmers’ Month activities will include a lecture focusing on the impact of climate change at the University of Technology , Farmers’ Training and Recognition Forum across the island, H&L Agro Farmers’ Special, offering a 3-15% discount at all locations and a Newport-...


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Andre Kong (centre), Director of Fisheries in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), in discussion with (from left) Havelan Honeyghan, Chairman of the Jamaica Fishermen Co-operative Union Limited (JFCU), and Courtney Cole, Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the MICAF. The occasion was the annual general meeting of the JFCU, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew on April 2, 2019.

Gov’t to increase fisheries surveillance and monitoring

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 04 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Increased fisheries surveillance and enforcement are among some of the key improvements to be made to the fisheries sector under the recently promulgated Fisheries Act, which is expected to come into force soon. The new Fisheries Act will facilitate modern fisheries management and development strategies, and significantly increase the maximum fines for breaches of the law, as well as transform the Fisheries Division into the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), said the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. In a speech read by Chief Technical Director for...


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Registrar Errol Gallimore speaking at the AGM of the Jamaica Fishermen Co-operative Union Limited

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 04 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Errol Gallimore, Registrar at the Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies, highlights some of the challenges being faced by some co-operatives and the legal requirements to be fulfilled in order to remain compliant. He was speaking at the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Fishermen Co-operative Union Limited, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew on April 2, 2109.


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Director Andre Kong converses with fisherman Charles McKenzie

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 04 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Charles McKenzie, fisherman from Rocky Point in Clarendon, converses with Andre Kong (right), Director of Fisheries at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Fishermen Co-operative Union Limited , held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in St. Andrew on April 2, 2019.


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