Minister Shaw at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers
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Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Hedda Rose Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan Jamaica (NFJ); Gusland McCook, Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority; and Dennis Valdez, Managing Director, NFJ. The occasion was the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers at NFJ on July 13 in Kingston.
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