Minister Samuda Officially Opens the Ministry’s Sugar Transformation Unit Retreat
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (podium) speaking at the official opening of the Retreat of the Ministry’s Sugar Transformation Unit at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Seated at the head table from left are: Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Reginald Budhan; Charmain, All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association, Mr. Allan Rickards and Rural Development Programme Manager, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Mr. Stefano Chilli.
The Sugar Transformation Unit manages, among other things, the implementation of projects under Government’s sugar adaptation strategy, which is geared towards the development and maintenance of a commercially viable sugar cane industry.
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