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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the quarterly meeting of the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Seated at the head table (from left) are Director, MSME Division, MICAF, Oral Shaw; Director, Programmes and Projects, MICAF, Clifford Spencer; and Technical Specialist, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Charmaine Brimm. Matters discussed at the meeting included updates on the developments within the MSME Sector.

Gov’t committed to development of MSME sector – Minister Shaw

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 26 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has underscored Government’s commitment to the development of Jamaica’s MSME sector, noting that data have shown clearly how important and pivotal this sector is to the economy and economic growth, therefore, it should be taken seriously. Minister Shaw was speaking at the first quarterly meeting of the recently established MSME National Policy Implementation Committee (NPIC), held at the Knutsford Court hotel in Kingston on September 25, 2018. According to the Minister, the establishment of the national policy...


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Jamaica 4-H clubbites urged to share information on climate change

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 24 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings, is urging Jamaica 4-H clubbites to share information relating to climate change and its impact on the sector to their peers as part of their environmental programmes as well as join in the national tree planting programme by planting fruit trees at their schools, homes and within their communities. “I urge you to see this challenge as an opportunity to develop drought-resistant crops utilising the training you have received in the latest technologies. As we celebrate the renewed...


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Centre Manager Goffery Gayle explains how the solar dryer operates to Acting Permanent Secretary Andrene Collings

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 24 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Centre Manager, Denbigh, Goffery Gayle (2nd left), explains how the solar dryer operates to (from left) Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings; Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake; and Chairman, Jamaica 4-H Clubs Board of Directors, Hidran McKulsky, during a tour of exhibits at the Climate Smart Agriculture Symposium, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Kingston, on Friday, September 21, 2018. The symposium forms part of the close out of the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership Project ‘Promoting...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, empties silage into machine for bagging at the handover of a silo-packer by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on September 12. The silage packing machine will be used across Jamaica to provide dairy farmers with access to silage to ensure feed material will always be available.

Dairy farmers to benefit from silage packing machine

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) has secured a silage packing machine and accompanying new technology that will improve access to nutritious feed material for dairy cattle nationwide. This was made possible through funding from the USAID through its Ja REEACH II project. The silo-packer machine, the first of its kind in Jamaica, will allow the JDDB to support small dairy farmers islandwide to store fodder as silage in order to continue to provide nutrition to their animals during periods when feed material is scarce or unavailable. Speaking at the handover of the machine on...


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

Gov’t cannot abandon sugar industry - Shaw

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, reiterated Government’s commitment to support the revitalization of Jamaica’s sugar industry at the Sugar Industry Authority’s (SIA’) 3rd Annual Post Crop Seminar held September 13 at the Authority’s Research Division in Mandeville, under the theme The Future of the Jamaican Sugar Industry. “Government cannot simply abandon the sugar industry and we do not intend to. We have a duty and a responsibility to create the enabling parameters to aid the industry to emerge from its current doldrums,” Shaw told stakeholders...


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Groundbreaking ceremony for the development of 84 serviced lots at Monymusk Glades

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
From left, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; Hon Karl Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Board Chairman, National Housing Trust, Lennox Channer; and Director, SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Horace Charoo, in discussion at the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of 84 serviced lots at Monymusk Glades in Clarendon on September 12.


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Handover of machine by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), sprays the first bag of silage packaged by the silo packer machine at the handover of the machine by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on September 12. Others from left are Karyll Aitcheson, Chief of Party, Ja REEACH 11 Project; Dr Lisa Myers-Morgan, Principal Research Director, Research and Development Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Oliver Elliot, Project Monitoring Officer at Bodles...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets President and CEO of Scotiabank David Noel

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 13 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel (right), at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on is Director, SME Development and Partnership, Scotiabank, Avril Leonce. Scotiabank has been partnering with ActionCOACH to deliver an internationally recognized coaching programme to SMEs. A total of 25 businesses have completed this programme.


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Minister Shaw tours exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever Programme

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 13 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Managing Director, Irie Rock, Racquell Brown (right), introduces Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), to her line of skin care products, during a tour of exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on is Director, SME Development and Partnership, Scotiabank, Avril Leonce. Scotiabank has been partnering with ActionCOACH to deliver an internationally recognized coaching programme to SMEs. A total of 25 businesses have...


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Minister Shaw tours exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme

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 13 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre, right), smells Tumeric Tea bag being shown to him (among other products) by Marketing Director, Shavuot, Joel Harris (left), during a tour of exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on (l-r) are President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel; and International Business Coach, ActionCOACH, Marcia Woon-Choy. Scotiabank has been partnering with ActionCOACH to deliver an internationally...


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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