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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw (left), admires a strawberry plant along with Winston Simpson, Principal Director for Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), during a tour of the Newport-Fersan booth at the RADA Manchester Open Day , held at Books Park in Mandeville on March 22, 2019. At right is Senior Agronomist for Research and Development at Newport-Fersan, Denton Alvaranga.

Gov’t earmarks over $750m for farm roads repair

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 26 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, will be spending some $752 million in the 2019/20 fiscal year, under the National Farm Roads Project as part of the measures to boost market access through improved road infrastructure. So far for Manchester, 13 roads or approximately seven kilometres have been refurbished at a cost of $42 million. The National Farm Roads Project aims to provide improved direct market access for an estimated 11,506 farmers across the island. While commending the Manchester farmers for being the “highest in agricultural...


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Ministers Shaw and Green meet with His Excellency Juan José González Mijares

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 26 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, H.E. Juan José González Mijares (centre); and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Minister Shaw and Ambassador Mijares discussed opportunities for cooperation between Jamaica and Mexico.


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Minister Shaw purchases lettuce from farmer Casandra Hinds

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 26 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, purchases lettuce from Casandra Hinds, farmer from Spice Grove in Manchester, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority 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 even more crops while assuring them of Government’s commitment to provide the appropriate framework for the marketing of their produce.


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Floyd Green (right), in discussion with (from left) President, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson; and Chairman of the 2019 Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Conference, Dr. Blossom O’Mealy-Nelson, at the media launch of the Caribbean MSME Conference, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. This year’s conference will be hosted by the Small Business Association of Jamaica in collaboration with Ministry’s MSME Division and will be held April 16-18, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, under the theme ‘Improving Sustainability Through Resource Development’.

MSME Conference an opportunity to build regional partnerships – Green

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 21 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the upcoming Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Conference is an opportunity for partnerships to be built with other small businesses within the region. He noted that the structure of this year’s conference demonstrates an awareness of the issues and challenges facing the sector; the need for MSMEs to capitalize on the opportunities emerging in the regional market space as well as the fact that as a region we can learn from each other. “I think it is high time for the...


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Hon. Floyd Green speaking at a media launch of the Caribbean MSME Conference 2019

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 21 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at a media launch of the Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Conference 2019, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, March 20. This year’s conference will be hosted by the Small Business Association of Jamaica in collaboration with Ministry’s MSME Division and will be held April 16-18, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, under the theme ‘Improving Sustainability Through Resource Development’.


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Hon. Floyd Green speaking at a Quarterly Meeting of the MSME National Policy Implementation Committee

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 20 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at a Quarterly Meeting of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, Mach 19, 2019. Among the matters discussed were developments within the MSME sector, the Micro Credit Bill and Jamaica’s Mobile Money Ecosystem. Others seated (from left) are President, Small Business Association of Jamaica, Hugh Johnson; Director, Projects and Programmes, MSME Division, Clifford Spencer;...


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Principal Director Oral Shaw in discussion at a Quarterly Meeting of the MSME National Policy Implementation Committee

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 20 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Principal Director, MSME Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Oral Shaw (right), in discussion with (from left) Director, Projects and Programmes, MSME Division, Clifford Spencer; Specialist, Growth Inducement Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Kamesha Turner-Blake; and President, Small Business Association of Jamaica, Hugh Johnson (at back), at a Quarterly Meeting of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, Mach 19, 2019. Among the matters discussed were...


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Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, cuts ribbon at the handover ceremony for 50-tonne silo press and packer machine donated by the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Project and funded by the USAID at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 14, 2019. Others from left are Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, and Sylvia Megret, Chief Operating Officer, ACDI/VOCA.

Shaw commits to development of dairy industry

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 19 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has reassured dairy farmers of Government’s commitment to stimulate growth and development of the dairy industry. Stating that Jamaica produces only 50% of the milk that we consume, the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister expressed the desire to see milk production restored to the high levels experienced in the 1990s. “With all the land we have in Jamaica, we should be self-sufficient in milk and we should be exporting processed and even fresh milk,” the Minister said. He was speaking at the...


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Ministers Floyd and Shaw view demonstration of 50-kg silo press and packer

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 19 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Floyd Green (2nd right), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), views demonstration of 50-kg silo press and packer along with Minister Audley Shaw (3rd right) at a handover ceremony held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 14, 2019. The machine was donated by the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change Project, through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board, and funded by the USAID.


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Hon. Floyd Green speaking at the handover ceremony at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine

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 19 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Hon Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the handover ceremony at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 14, 2019 for a 50-tonne silo press and packer machine donated by the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Project, through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board, and funded by the USAID. Seated from left are Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw, Maxine Brown, Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, and Dr. Lisa Myers Morgan, Principal Research...


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