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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 20/07/2020
Government Takes Lead To Safeguard Food Security
The Government is making significant investments in the agricultural sector to safeguard the country’s food security and accelerate the sector’s recovery from the economic fallout induced by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With the temporary closure of the tourism sector in...
Posted on 16/07/2020
Jamaica becomes first country in the Caribbean to launch Cannabis Standards
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has developed and established seven standards for adaptation, which will provide guidelines and safeguards to protect consumers as well as assist companies with positioning their operations for the export market. The BSJ, an agency...
Posted on 16/07/2020
Shaw hails online trading platform for agricultural commodities
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has hailed the OEXONE online platform for its role in facilitating the trading of agricultural commodities in Latin America and the Caribbean. “The platform’s objective of driving commodities trading across the...
Posted on 10/07/2020
Launch of the National Craft Policy
Hon. Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (2nd right), at the launch of the National Craft Policy under the theme ‘Preserving Culture. Promoting Craft’, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July...
Posted on 09/07/2020
RADA Technical Staff To Be Increased By 100%
The cadre of technical staff at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is expected to be increased by more than 100 per cent, with the proposed restructuring of the agency. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry...
Posted on 09/07/2020
Gov’t Supporting Farmers During COVID-19
State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is committed to supporting farmers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and safeguard the country’s food security. He noted that among the initiatives implemented was a $240...
Posted on 09/07/2020
JMEA Reports Success In Local And Export Markets
The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) is reporting that members are having success on the local and export market since the COVID-9 outbreak in March. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, said based on a...
Posted on 09/07/2020
PEST ALERT!!!
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Posted on 09/07/2020
Small Farmers In St. Thomas To Access Some 400 Acres Of Former Sugar Lands
More than 400 acres of former sugar cane lands in St. Thomas will be made available to small farmers in the parish for the growing of cash crops. “We are looking to move certain lands from sugar cane into crash...
