Minister Shaw speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum
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Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July16. Others from left are Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite, Deputy Programme Manager, Agricultural Development Unit, CARCOM Secretariat; Dr. Brendon Reardon, Assistant Director, PPQ Preclearance and Offshore, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Services; and Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries.
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