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PS Dermon Spence along with retirees from MICAF

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 01 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Retirees from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries who served for between six and 41 years as public servants pose with Acting Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence (centre) at the Ministry’s the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2019.


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Director Michelle Parkins presents award to Ms. Lorna Green

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 01 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Ms Michelle Parkins (left) Director of Commerce at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) presents award for 21 years’ service to Ms Lorna Green (Left) retired Principal Financial Officer at the Recognition Ceremony for MICAF Retirees held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2019.


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Minister Shaw at MICAF's Retirement Function

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 01 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Minister Audley Shaw (3rd left) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), welcomes Clovis Bryan (left) retiree who served in the Ministry for 40 years to the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Joining in the welcome are guest speaker , Wayne Jones of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (3nd left) and Acting Permanent Secretary , MICAF , Mr Dermon Spence (right).


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Minister Audley Shaw at MICAF's Retirement Function

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 01 Apr 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Minister Audley Shaw (right) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), greets Ms Deidre Latibeaudiere, Senior Director, Human Resource Management and Development (left) and Clovis Bryan (centre) retiree who served in the Ministry for 40 years to the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday, March 28, 2019.


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Chairman, Consolidated Bakeries Jamaica Limited (Purity), Vincent J. Chang (right), showcases the bakery’s gluten free cassava bread and n’uffins, during a courtesy call with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, March 28, 2019. The meeting was to discuss the company’s new line of reduced gluten and no-gluten added products made from cassava flour.

Minister Shaw Lauds F1RST Brand Cassava Bread

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 29 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw has lauded the efforts of manufacturer Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, which is introducing a new line of reduced gluten and no-gluten added products made from cassava flour, to the market. During the courtesy call on the Minister at his New Kingston office on March 28, 2019, the company outlined plans to shortly introduce its newest line F1RST, which will see a cassava bread, made of wholly Jamaican input as well as chocolate and banana flavoured N’UFFINS – a play on the fact that no gluten will be added to...


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Jamaica's Botanical Gardens and Scenic Avenues

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 27 Mar 2019    Anonymous   
Did you know that MICAF's Public Gardens Division is responsible for the maintenance and development of three of Jamaica's Botanical Gardens and two Scenic Avenues? Click HERE to read more.


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Minister Shaw greets RADA's Parish Agricultural Manager

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 27 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gary Dixon, Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the RADA Manchester Open Day on March 22, 2019. The agriculture minister commended the Manchester farmers for being the highest domestic food crops producers in 2018 and encouraged them to plant more crops while assuring them that Government would provide the appropriate framework for the marketing of their produce.


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Minister Shaw reaps onion during a tour of the Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm

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 27 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, reaps onion during a tour of the 92-acre onion field of Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019. Looking on (from left) are Sophia Francis-Richardson, Operations Manager, World Net; Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority; and Nicholas Duke, Vice-President, Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm. Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm is a subsidiary of World Net, a micro lending agency.


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Minister Shaw displays onion reaped from Dencon Foods 92-acre farm

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 27 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, displays onion reaped from Dencon Foods JA Ltd 92-acre farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019 during a tour of the farm and post-harvesting and storage facility, which is currently under construction. Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm is a subsidiary of World Net, a micro lending agency.


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Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left), discusses onion harvesting with (from left) Hurshel Cyrus, CEO, Dencon Foods JA Ltd; Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Winston Simpson, Principal Director, Field Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, during a tour of onion fields at Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019. Some 92 acres of onion are currently under cultivation by Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm as well as construction of a post-harvesting and storage facility. Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm is a subsidiary of World Net, a micro lending agency.

Agri ministry to lease 200 acres of land for new farm venture

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 26 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
In keeping with Government’s drive to promote diversification and increased production in the agricultural sector, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has committed an additional 200 acres of land for lease to Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm, through the SCJ Holdings Ltd. Speaking at a function held at Dencon Foods in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, Minister Shaw had high praises for the newly established company for its venture into agricultural production, with 92 acres of land currently under onion cultivation and plans to expand production into other...


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