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Posted on 17/08/2020
Consumer Alert!
Survey of Agricultural Produce - Week Ending August 8, 2020. Click link for full list: https://www.cac.gov.jm/portal/index.php/special-features/publications/category/21-consumer-alert?download=278:cac-agricultural-prices-august-8-2020

Posted on 17/08/2020
JBDC Stages Employee Engagement Seminars October
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be staging a series of online Employee Engagement Seminars during the month of October. The seminars, under the theme ‘Lead in the Moment: Empower. Pivot. Grow’, will be held every Thursday between October...

Posted on 14/08/2020
Agriculture Minister discusses closure of Appleton Factory with sugar cane industry stakeholders
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has commended the management of Appleton Estate for the plans that the company has developed to ensure a smooth and amicable transitioning of former sugar cane workers and farmers...

Posted on 14/08/2020
JAMPRO Working To Make Jamaica The Best Place To Do Business In The Caribbean
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, says the agency is working towards making Jamaica the best place to do business in the Caribbean. This, she said, will be done through several pieces of legislation being worked on, which...

Posted on 10/08/2020
Agriculture Ministry Providing $50 Million For Production Incentive, Drought Mitigation
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be making $50 million available to support the production incentive and drought mitigation/climate mitigation programmes in each constituency. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Leslie Campbell...

Posted on 05/08/2020
Sweet yam farmer has high praises for RADA
Farmer Shermaine Barnett has high praises for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) for the support given to her in the development of her sweet yam farm in Endeavour in the parish of St. Ann. The 40 year-old mother of...

Posted on 05/08/2020
Jamaica records 12 per cent increase in sweet yam under Production Incentive Programme
There has been a 12 per cent increase in sweet yam production under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Production Incentive Programme for the 2019/20 fiscal year when compared to the corresponding period of 2018/19. Acting Senior Director...

Posted on 05/08/2020
Gov’t Committed To Driving Growth Of Social Enterprises
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is committed to driving the growth of social enterprises and enabling entrepreneurs to formalise their operations. Addressing a Social Return on Investment (SROI)...

Posted on 05/08/2020
MOU Signed To Provide Export Development Support For SMEs
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on June 30 between the EXIM Bank and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) to provide export development support for 48 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to access new markets for their products and...