Hon. J.C. Hutchinson inspects leaves of dasheen plant during a tour of Toms Hope and several other Portland communities
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), inspects the leaves of the dasheen plant during a tour of Toms Hope and several other Portland communities on November 8 where the Ministry’s Production Incentive Programme is under way to increase domestic production of a number of crops, including dasheen. Others from left are: Portland Eastern Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Peter Thompson, and dasheen farmer, Winston Suckie.
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