Discussing Agriculture Canine Detection
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Dermon Spence (left), Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF); César Dang Guillen (2nd left) and Christian Iván Neya López (4th left) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico along with His Excellency Juan José González Mijares (3rd left), Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, share a light moment during the opening ceremony of a five-day working mission towards the implementation of an Agriculture Canine Detection Programme for Jamaica’s Ports of Entry held at MICAF’s Hope Gardens offices on April 29. The objective of the Agricultural Canine Detection Programme is to strengthen mechanisms to reduce the introduction of quarantine pests into Jamaica.
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