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 24 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Celebrating champion farmer Jacqueline Pink - November 29, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqgbE5d67d4&feature=youtu.be&a= Observation of World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017 - November 15, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoYX-ELl2LI&t=301s Eat Jamaican month 2017 - National Farm Queen 2017- Miss Truddiann Ashmead - November 8, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_LjJOJobNA&feature=youtu.be&a= Launch of Eat Jamaican month 2017 - President, JAS, Sen. Norman Grant - November 1, 2017. Grow What We Eat...Eat What We Grow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...


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Minister Samuda converses with Managing Director Norman Horne at the launch and commissioning of ARC's new Fabric Mesh Plant

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 24 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), converses with Managing Director, ARC Manufacturing Limited, Norman Horne, at the launch and commissioning of ARC’s new Fabric Mesh Plant, held at its facility located on Bell Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The new Fabric Mesh Plant is positioned to boost the fabric mesh industry. The investment in the plant is expected to result in improved efficiencies, optimized productivity and bring increased visibility to brand Jamaica.


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Annual Eat Jamaican Day Expo 2017

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 24 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Patrons purchasing ground provisions at the 14th Annual Eat Jamaican Day Expo, held at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Headquarters in Kingston on November 22.


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14th Annual Eat Jamaican Day Expo

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 23 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (left) introduces Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society; and Custos of St. Andrew, Patricia Dunwell, to exotic fruits grown at the Ministry’s Orange River Research Station. The occasion was a tour of displays at the 14th Annual Eat Jamaican Day Expo, held at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Headquarters in Kingston on November 22.


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Minister Samuda cuts ribbon to officially open ARC's new Fabric Mesh Plant

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 23 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (3rd right), cuts ribbon to officially open ARC Manufacturing Limited’s new Fabric Mesh Plant, held at its facility located on Bell Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The new Fabric Mesh Plant is positioned to boost the fabric mesh industry. The investment in the plant is expected to result in improved efficiencies, optimized productivity and bring increased visibility to brand Jamaica. Others from left are Deputy Managing Director, Security and Properties, ARC, Lackie Horne; Junction Building Depo, Manley...


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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (left); Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society; and Custos of St. Andrew Patricia Dunwell sample fish at the 14th Annual Eat Jamaican Day Expo, held at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Headquarters in Kingston on November 22.

Eat Jamaican is worth repeating, says PS Stanberry

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 23 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
The message of eating Jamaican is worth repeating says, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry, who noted that eating Jamaican is about promoting Jamaican food to our people, and to our tourists, as well as making a conscious decision to purchase local produce in the supermarket. This, he said, can make a significant difference to rural development and put more money in farmers’ pocket. Speaking at the 14th Annual Eat Jamaican Expo, held at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Headquarters in Kingston on November 22, Stanberry said, “We have to...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking at the launch and commissioning of ARC Manufacturing Limited’s new Fabric Mesh Plant, held at its facility located on Bell Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The new Fabric Mesh Plant is positioned to boost the fabric mesh industry. The investment in the plant is expected to result in improved efficiencies, optimized productivity and bring increased visibility to brand Jamaica.

Samuda - competitiveness in the manufacturing sector needs review

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 23 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says that there needs to be a review of Jamaica’s competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, because the country’s competitiveness has not been where it should have been over the years. ‘We find that we have the distributive trade, which is the largest contributor to GDP, growing, and it is too large in relation to the manufacturing sector. We should adjust that and allow the manufacturing sector to take its appropriate place as the leader in our economy as it creates jobs”, Minister Samuda asserted. The Minister,...


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Eat Jamaican Month November 2017

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 23 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
November is Eat Jamaican month... Eat What We Grow, Grow What We Eat... http://www.moa.gov.jm/EatWhatWeGrow/index.php


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All-Island Cane Farmers' AGM

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 21 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Hon Karl Samuda (left) Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in dialogue with Cynthia Sankar (centre), Managing Director of Sankar Farms and Ambassador Derrick Heaven (right) at the 68th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, held at the Spanish Court Hotel on November 15.


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PS Stanberry presents onion farmer Pamelitta Dann with a Food Safety Management Systems Certificate

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 21 Nov 2017    nicola.wint   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Donovan Stanberry (left), presents onion farmer Pamelitta Dann from Yallahs, Agro-Park, with a Food Safety Management Systems certificate, at the Pesticides Survey Results Presentation Ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Friday, November 17, 2017. Forty-three farmers were awarded the Food Safety Mgmt. certificate.The main objective of the survey was to evaluate food safety issues associated with pesticide use and, in particular, to identify pesticide use problems that could...


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