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Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Valerie Veira.

Registration for JBDC online Employee Engagement Seminar now open

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 28 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
Early registration for the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) online Employee Engagement Seminar Series in October is now open. Employers interested in participating in the sessions, which will be held every Thursday from October 8 to 29, have until Friday, September 25 to access prices and packages at a reduced cost. The early bird offer reflects a discount of $10,000, with prices ranging from $7,500 for days two and three and $10,000 for days one and four. Persons can also purchase an all-access package for $35,000 for all four days. Regular registration for the event will be...


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RADA to continue mobile market initiative

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 28 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) will be continuing its mobile market initiative, to assist farmers being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RADA, Peter Thompson, during a recent interview on the JIS television programme, ‘Get the facts’. The fallout in key sectors, such as Tourism and Education, due to containment measures, has caused farmers to lose valuable markets, leaving them with excess produce. RADA has been intervening in the market to buy the excess produce, taking them from the famers in the field to town...


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Business partners and operators of OMG Farms (from left) Cofounder and Managing Director, Jevaughn Whyte; Cofounder and Director of Logistics, Terrique Goldson, and Agricultural Service Manager, Patrick White.

Friends operate successful farm

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 27 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
Farming, a profession not popularly known to attract youth in Jamaica, has proven to be a fulfilling passion for friends, Jevaughn Whyte and Terrique Goldson, who with their business partner, agriculturalist Patrick White, successfully operate OMG Farms. “OMG Farms is the number-one cultivator of pineapples in Jamaica, and we will be expanding into other produce. We started essentially because we wanted to have greater control in terms of what we put into our bodies. My co-founder and myself initially joked at the idea of having our own farm years ago,” Co-founder and Managing Director of OMG...


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Dasheen production increased under Agriculture Ministry’s incentive programme

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 25 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
There has been a four per cent increase in the production of dasheen for the 2019/20 crop year under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Production Incentive Programme. This was disclosed by Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Zonal Director for the Eastern Zone, Mervyn Green, when compared to the 2018/19 crop year. Mr. Green also indicated that for that year a total of $10 million was expended on dasheen production, which included the purchase of 32 motorized sprayers. Plans are now in the offing to further increase production by adding more hectares to...


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Innovation-Based Entrepreneurship Encouraged For World Entrepreneurship Day

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 21 Aug 2020    Anonymous   
In recognition of World Entrepreneurship Day 2020 to be celebrated on Friday, August 21, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), through its MSME Office, is encouraging entrepreneurs operating as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to pursue innovation-based entrepreneurship over necessity-based entrepreneurship. Necessity-based entrepreneurship refers to business activities initiated by entrepreneurs for their own survival and to satisfy their financial needs and they are generally not interested in innovating or expanding their operation. Innovation-...


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Jamaica to reap 3,000 tonnes of hot pepper under incentive programme

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 21 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
Jamaica is expected to reap another 3,000 metric tonnes of hot peppers for the 2020/21 crop year under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Production Incentive Programme (PIP). This was disclosed by Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Agriculture Manager for St. Elizabeth, Nathan Samuels, who noted that approximately $60 million has been budgeted to increase production of hot peppers. “Hot peppers have remained one of Jamaica’s most promising non-traditional export crops. There are many varieties of hot peppers; however, the ones that are of...


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Consumer Alert!

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 17 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
Survey of Agricultural Produce - Week Ending August 8, 2020. Click link for full list: https://www.cac.gov.jm/portal/index.php/special-features/publications/ca...


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Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), (CEO), Valerie Veira.

JBDC Stages Employee Engagement Seminars October

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 17 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be staging a series of online Employee Engagement Seminars during the month of October. The seminars, under the theme ‘Lead in the Moment: Empower. Pivot. Grow’, will be held every Thursday between October 8 and 29, and will feature a host of international and local speakers. Chief Executive Officer of the JBDC, Valerie Veira, told JIS News that the events seek to equip employers to gain workers’ solid commitment to the organisation’s goals, culture and brand, and to develop employees who consistently go the extra mile to produce...


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Agriculture Minister discusses closure of Appleton Factory with sugar cane industry stakeholders

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 14 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has commended the management of Appleton Estate for the plans that the company has developed to ensure a smooth and amicable transitioning of former sugar cane workers and farmers with the closure of the factory. ‘We must work together to promote and preserve the interest of all stakeholders,” said Minister Shaw, who assured the stakeholders of Government’s continued support to the industry. The Agriculture Minister was addressing participants in a virtual meeting organised by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce,...


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President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation, Diane Edwards.

JAMPRO Working To Make Jamaica The Best Place To Do Business In The Caribbean

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 14 Aug 2020    nicola.wint   
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, says the agency is working towards making Jamaica the best place to do business in the Caribbean. This, she said, will be done through several pieces of legislation being worked on, which will catapult the country into the top-10 of the Doing Business Report. “We’re already number six in the world in starting a business, because you can do it pretty much online, but we’re actually setting up a National Business Portal which will allow you to do a number of different applications, so for instance, applying to this Special...


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