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Minister Shaw greets 4-H clubbites from the Collington Primary School

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 30 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; greets 4-H clubbites from the Collington Primary School at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo, held at Denbigh in Clarendon on April 27.


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Minister Shaw samples cassava punch

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 30 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, samples cassava punch along with Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Dr. Ronald Blake during a tour of the Hanover booth at the National Achievement Expo, held in Denbigh, Clarendon, on April 27. At right is Parish Manager Errol Wynter.


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Minister Shaw at the National Achievement Expo

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 30 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (from left) Maxwell Rodney, Westmoreland Parish Manager; Colin Virgo, director; and Dr. Ronald Blake, Executive Director; all of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs; at the National Achievement Expo held in Denbigh, Clarendon, on April 27.


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Jamaica Director, The Nature Conservancy, Donna Oniss Blake (left), presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with an orchid plant, at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Horticultural Society (JHS) Flower Show, held under the theme, “Nature’s Beauty – Our Duty”, at the JHS Show Grounds, Hope Pastures, Kingston, on Friday, April 27, 2018.

Great opportunities for Jamaica’s horticultural industry- Minister Shaw

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 30 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw says that there are tremendous opportunities to be gained from the horticultural industry in Jamaica. According to Minister Shaw Jamaica has the potential to turn the horticultural industry and flowers into a great export commodity. “We must seek to isolate a number of our flowers that are unique to Jamaica and turn them into an industrial export commodity so that we can really create jobs, earn some great profit and also some well needed foreign exchange”, the Minister stated. Minister Shaw was speaking at the opening...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI), Barton Clarke; Principal Research Director, Bodles Research Station, Dr. Lisa Myers-Morgan; CARDI representative for Jamaica, Dr. Gregory Robins; and Senior Climate Change Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Gerard Alleng. The occasion was the signing of an MOU between MICAF and CARDI for the refurbishing of the Bodles’ seed laboratory and storage facility, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Agri Ministry and CARDI sign MoU for refurbishing of seed storage facility

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 26 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the refurbishing of the seed storage facility at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station in St. Catherine. The facility will house the seeds of climate resilient crop varieties for Jamaica and the Caribbean region. This was announced on April 25, by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw at the signing ceremony at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices. Under the MoU, the...


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Minister Audley Shaw tours Seprod

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 23 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Operations Manager, Seprod, Dale Wiest (left), shows Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, the flour manufacturing process, during a tour of Seprod’s facility, on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston on Thursday, April 19, 2018.


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Minister Shaw converses with Acting Mission Director Andrew Colburn

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 23 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Acting Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development, Andrew Colburn, at the Sandals Resort International/ The Nature Conservancy Sustainable Fisheries Forum, held in Ocho Rios on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The aim of the forum was to facilitate discussions about the threats facing the island’s parrotfish population, the implications of these threats and possible solutions.


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Minister Audley Shaw speaking at the Nature Conservancy Sustainable Fisheries Forum

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 23 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the Sandals Resort International/ The Nature Conservancy Sustainable Fisheries Forum, held in Ocho Rios on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The aim of the forum was to facilitate discussions about the threats facing the island’s parrotfish population, the implications of these threats and possible solutions.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd right), cuts ribbon to officially open the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) and Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) Expo, held at the National Arena on Thursday, April 20, 2018. The expo is being jointly staged by the JMA/JEA in collaboration with JAMPRO, under the theme ‘Advancing Breakthoughs’. Others (from left) are Executive Director, JMA, Imega Breeze McNab; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; Chairman, Corporate Strategies Limited, Aubyn Hill; President, JEA, Michelle Chong; President, JMA, Metry Seaga; and CEO, Digicel Jamaica, Justin Morin.

MSMEs to benefit from the establishment of a micro stock exchange

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 20 Apr 2018    nicola.wint   
The micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) are set to benefit from the establishment of a Micro Stock Exchange. This will allow MSMEs to obtain funds to support the growth and expansion of their businesses. This was announced by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw in his keynote address at the launch of the 46th staging of Expo Jamaica 2018 at the National Indoor Sports Centre on April 19. According to Minister Shaw, the Micro Stock Exchange is a smaller exchange that will target companies for capitalization of between $5 million and $50...


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