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Former Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (second right), cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of a farm road in Bingham Hill, St. Ann, on Thursday, July 16. Looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (left); RADA’s Director of Engineering Services, Lennoy Prendergast; and Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, and State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Hon. ​Zavia Mayne.

Bingham Hill Farm Road Rehabilitated

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 24 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
Farmers in Bingham Hill and surrounding communities in St. Ann will now find it easier to get to their fields and transport their goods to market following the rehabilitation of the farm road in the area. The upgrade of the roadway forms part of ongoing farm road improvements in the parish, where approximately $42 million have been spent over the past two financial years to benefit some 1,800 farmers. “With 23,188 registered farmers in the parish of St. Ann contributing 1,500 hectares of domestic food crops and 45 acres of protected agriculture, farmers are encouraged to increase production...


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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

Owners Of Idle Lands Encouraged To Lease For Agricultural Production

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 24 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, is encouraging owners of unused arable lands to enter into an arrangement with the Government to have these properties leased for agricultural production. Speaking at a webinar on exploring investment opportunities in agri-business, hosted by Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) on July 22, Mr. Green said through an agricultural land-matching programme under the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC), the Government will assist interested agricultural landowners in leasing their lands to suitable investors/...


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Companies can get TCC at COJ upon Registration

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 21 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
Companies are able to obtain a Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC) at the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) upon the registration of a name. The TCC, which is processed by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), is an important document issued to an individual or company as proof that they are tax compliant and their payments of tax liabilities and wage-related statutory deductions are up to date. The TCC, issued upon registration, is valid for three months. Once expired, the customer will have to engage TAJ. Public Relations Officer, Kawain Fearon, told JIS News that the COJ has formed a partnership...


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An Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) Kiosk at the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) in New Kingston.

More Persons Using Electronic Business Registration Form

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 21 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
More business people are using the electronic business registration form (eBRF) to register their operations since the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The online platform, launched by the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) in August 2019, replaces the paper-based ‘superform’ that was introduced in 2014 and allows users to register their business name or company name from anywhere in the world, via the COJ’s website, www.orcjamaica.com . Public Relations Officer of the COJ, Kawain Fearon, told JIS News that more than 800 entities have registered since January 2020 using the online...


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Farmer from East Kirkland Heights, St. Andrew Glenroy Crossman (right), collects money from patron, Denisha Bourne, during a farmers' market on Friday (July 3) at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries' playfield, St. Andrew. The event was organised by the Kingston and St. Andrew Association of Branch Societies (ABS) of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) in colaboration with the Ministry and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA).

Booming Sales At Kingston And St. Andrew Farmers’ Market

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 21 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
Farmer from East Kirkland Heights, St. Andrew, Glenroy Crossman, had brought a carload of mainly fruits and vegetables to Friday’s (June 3) farmers’ market held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries ’ Hope Gardens playfield. Included were lettuce, cantaloupe, water melon, pineapple, scallion, and pak choi. Mr. Crossman was one of several farmers assembled for the market organised by Kingston and St. Andrew Association of Branch Societies (ABS) of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), in collaboration with the Agriculture Ministry, and the Rural Agricultural...


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a community meeting at the Clifton Playfield in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 15).

Residents Of Clifton To Receive Free Skills Training, Land Titles

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 21 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
Hundreds of residents of Clifton in South St. Catherine are to benefit from free skills training and titles for the lands they occupy, as part of Government’s programme to transform the former sugar-dependent area. Speaking at a community meeting in the area on Wednesday (July 15), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, informed that the skills training will be carried out by the HEART Trust/ National Training and Service Agency (NTSA). He said that the National Security Ministry is sponsoring the training as part of a community...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, tHon. Audley Shaw (left) and Board Chairman, Hardware & Lumber (H&L), Erwin Burton, greet each other by knocking elbows. Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of agricultural inputs by H&L Agro to small farmers, held May 21 at the the H&L outlet located along Spanish Town Road, Kingston.

H&L Agro Donates $2 Million In Agricultural Inputs To Farmers

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 21 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
Hardware & Lumber (H&L) Agro has donated $2 million in agricultural inputs to assist small farmers who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The inputs, which include fertilisers, pesticides and seeds, were handed over to Minister of Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, on May 21, at the H&L outlet located along Spanish Town Road, Kingston. The donation completes the company’s $10-million relief package, which included product discounts of up to 30 per cent for all farmers during April and May. Minister Shaw thanked the company for the...


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Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, traverses recently completed Bingham Hill Road in St. Ann, along with, from left, Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, Hon Zavia Mayne; Lennoy Prendergast, Works Engineer, and Chief Executive Officer Peter Thompson, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority(RADA). The occasion was the official opening of the road that was rehabilitated by the RADA at a cost of $6.9 million under the National Farm Roads Rehabilitation Programme, on July 16, 2020.

$6.9-million upgraded Bingham Hill Farm Road officially opened

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 20 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
Farmers and other residents of Bingham Hill and surrounding communities in St. Ann had high praises for the recently rehabilitated $6.9-million Bingham Hill road in St. Ann. The road was one of 77 farm roads completed by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ National Farm Road Programme in the 2019/2020 financial year at a cost of $561 million. With the rehabilitation of the road it is now easier for the 1,800 farmers to get to their fields and transport their goods to market as well as the children to get to...


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Farmer from Brandon Hill, in St. Andrew, Kevin McLaren, displays ripe bananas and a breadfruit from his farm, during a Farmers’ Market on July 3, at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries playfield, in St. Andrew.

Government Takes Lead To Safeguard Food Security

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 20 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
The Government is making significant investments in the agricultural sector to safeguard the country’s food security and accelerate the sector’s recovery from the economic fallout induced by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With the temporary closure of the tourism sector in March, an unprecedented situation was created in which significant quantities of fresh and perishable local agricultural produce, originally destined for the sector, suddenly had no market. The situation was further exacerbated by quarantine lockdowns and restrictions of movement that resulted in gluts in community...


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at the virtual launch of the Cannabis Standards hosted by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, under the theme ‘Empowering the Cannabis Industry Through Standards’, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.

Jamaica becomes first country in the Caribbean to launch Cannabis Standards

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 16 Jul 2020    nicola.wint   
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has developed and established seven standards for adaptation, which will provide guidelines and safeguards to protect consumers as well as assist companies with positioning their operations for the export market. The BSJ, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries developed the standards as part of efforts to strengthen and support the cannabis industry in Jamaica. Addressing the virtual launch of the Cannabis Standards on July 15, Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said the standards are an indication of...


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