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Hon Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of Delegation of the European Union in Jamaica; sign consultancy agreement for the financial and economic model for the sugar cane industry to include production of ethanol; and revision of sugar cane payment arrangement for Jamaica at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10. At left is Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, while standing (from left) are Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica Nicholas Astbury; British High Commission; Keleen Young-Grandison, Head of the Sugar Transformation Unit; Stefano Cilli, agricultural attaché at the European Union Delegation in Jamaica; consultants Gordon Alert and Andreas Bockermann; and Josep María Bosch Bess, newly designated ambassador of Spain.

Gov’t and EU sign consultancy agreement to review sugar industry model

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 12 May 2017    nicola.wint   
Government and the European Commission signed a consultancy agreement for the development of a financial and economic model for the sugar industry, including the feasibility of ethanol production, at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ New Kingston offices yesterday (May 10). This consultancy agreement forms part of the Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol (AMSP) 2013 Financing Agreement that was signed between the European Commission and the Government of Jamaica, which includes an allocation for support to mobilize specific technical assistance expertise...


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Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn, addresses participants at the 10th annual Small Business Exposition and Conference hosted by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on May 11.

MSMEs critical to economic growth and social transformation- Wedderburn

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 12 May 2017    nicola.wint   
Chief Technical Director, in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Stephen Wedderburn, says that Jamaica is on the cusp of economic growth and social transformation with the goal of achieving sustained economic growth prosperity, and high levels of job creation and that the MSME sector will be critical in achieving those goals. Mr. Wedderburn said that data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, show that there are approximately 412,000 own-account-workers – single person enterprises which indicate that with a population of 2.7 million people, MSMEs play a...


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Mr. Dwayne Mitchell, Director of Sales and Marketing, Jamsew Machine Sales and Services Ltd. (right), explains to Mr. Stephen Wedderburn, Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the intricacies of an embroidery machine. Jamsew Machines Sales & Services Ltd. was an exhibitor at the JBDC’s 10th annual Small Business Expo & Conference, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on May 11.

JBDC’s 10th Annual Small Business Expo & Conference

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 12 May 2017    nicola.wint   
Mr. Dwayne Mitchell, Director of Sales and Marketing, Jamsew Machine Sales and Services Ltd. (right), explains to Mr. Stephen Wedderburn, Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the intricacies of an embroidery machine. Jamsew Machines Sales & Services Ltd. was an exhibitor at the JBDC’s 10th annual Small Business Expo & Conference, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on May 11.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda addresses coconut growers in attendance at the Coconut Growers’ Annual General Meeting, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre on Saturday, May 06, 2017.

Commodity boards to be dissolved - Samuda

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 10 May 2017    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda says that all the Commodity Boards under his portfolio are to be dissolved. These commodity boards will now fall under the ambit of the recently enacted Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA). This Act seeks to establish a regulatory body that will span the Coconut Industry, the Coffee Industry, the Cocoa Industry and the Spices Industry, and it is hopeful that all the necessary preparations will be in place to allow for the Body to be inaugurated no later than July 01, 2017. Minister Samuda who...


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Managing Director of Red Stripe Ricardo Nuncio, Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Wentworth Charles, chairman, SCJ Holdings Limited; sign a 25-year lease agreement for 247 hectares of land at Windsor Park and Worchester in St. Catherine for the cultivation of cassava today (May 5) at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Ave offices in Kingston. Standing, from left, are Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney of Red Stripe; Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry; John Gayle, chief executive officer, SCJ Holdings Limited; Debbie Ann Scott, lawyer, SCJ Holdings Limited; and Peter Thompson, director, SCJ Holdings Limited.

Samuda wants cassava cultivation to expand to 10,000 acres of land

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 08 May 2017    nicola.wint   
Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, says he wants to see 10,000 acres of former cane lands transition to the cultivation of cassava. He was speaking at the signing of a 25-year lease agreement between SCJ Holdings Ltd and Red Stripe for 247 hectares of lands located at Windsor Park and Worchester in St. Catherine for the expansion of cassava cultivation. At the signing ceremony held at the Ministry’s St. Lucia offices in Kingston on Friday, May 5, a 25-year lease was also signed for the Windsor Park Well to ensure adequate water supply for the project...


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Beet armyworm outbreak at the New Forest Duff House Agro-Park

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 03 May 2017    nicola.wint   
From left, Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; discusses with Winston Miller, Parish Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority; and farmer Ralden Ballenfante scallion destroyed by the beet armyworm at the New Forest/Duff House Agro-Park in Manchester during a tour on Monday, May 1. Approximately 250 farmers in the agro-park have been impacted by the beet armyworm pest.


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Agriculture Ministry Addresses Beet Army Worm Outbreak

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 28 Apr 2017    nicola.wint   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is today assuring farmers that the Ministry is taking steps to monitor and control the recent outbreak of the Beet Army Worm Disease in the parishes of Manchester and St Elizabeth. The Ministry has taken note of the impact of the disease especially on onion and scallion farmers in those parishes and is therefore appealing to the affected farmers, farmers of other produce and the public at large, to join in combatting the disease by implementing several mitigating strategies. The Ministry, though its extension services arm, the...


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Tour of Hampden Sugar Estate

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 25 Apr 2017    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), along with (from left) tour manager, Pepe Grant; chief executive officer, Andrew Hussey (both of Hampden Sugar Estate); and chairman, Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings, Wentworth Charles. The occasion was a tour of the Hampden Sugar Estate in Trelawny, on Friday, April 21, 2017.


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