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Hon. Audley Shaw tours Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Spring Plain Clarendon

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February 11, 2020

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), listens attentively as Special Crop Coordinator in the Ministry, Locksley Waite (left) explains the process of planting Irish potato during a tour of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Spring Plain, Clarendon on February 7. Others from second left are Vice President of Farming Operations at Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited, Nicholas Duke, Principal Director of Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Winston Simpson and Director of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited, Sophia Campbell. Minister Shaw was invited by the proprietors of the farm to view production of selected crops such as onions, peanuts and Irish potatoes.

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