MOU Signing Ceremony
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) along with (L-R) Permanent Secretary (MICAF), Mr. Donovan Stanberry; Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mr. Omar Sweeny; Agriculture Specialist at JSIF, Mr. Vincent Thompson; Associate Professor, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Vincent Wright and standing at back is Executive Director, Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley. The occasion was the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the In-Vitro Propagation of Irish Potato Seeds between JSIF, MICAF, NCU and the SRC at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Wednesday, January 25, 2017.
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