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Posted on 19/07/2025
Business Roadshow Reaches Thousands of MSMEs
Thousands of Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and individuals have been engaged through the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s islandwide roadshows. “We have had roadshows in eight different parishes, Manchester, St. James, St. Ann, Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and Westmorela...
Posted on 17/07/2025
$668 Million Approved for Local Film Productions
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says $668 million has been approved for local film productions under the Jamaica Screen Development Initiative (JSDI). He said that the funds, which will be disbursed shortly, will benefit 91 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMES). “This is a priority sector because...
Posted on 25/10/2019
Help Us Keep Tropical Race 4 disease out of Jamaica
The Tropical Race 4 (TR4) Disease of banana or fusarium wilt is a deadly disease of bananas and plantains. It is caused by the soil-borne fungus, Fusarium oxysporumf.sp.cubense. TR4 is not currently present in Jamaica and it is very important...
Posted on 25/10/2019
Bodles Research Station receives US$200,000 upgraded seed bank facility
Jamaica’s agricultural sector’s resilience to climate change has been boosted with the handover of an upgraded US$200,000 seed bank facility at the Bodles Research Station that will improve the station’s ability to increase its seed-producing capacity as well as house...
Posted on 25/10/2019
Conch Close Season Still in Effect…Ministry Warns Against Breaches
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is reminding all fisherfolk, traders and the public at large that the Conch Close Season is still in effect and any breaches of the Close Season Order will be severely penalized in...
Posted on 23/10/2019
Jamaica explores growing mushrooms for medicinal purposes
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left) along with Chief Operating Officer, Oakland Licensed Professional Therapeutics (OLP); Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, UTech, Dr. Ellen Campbell-Grizzle; Senior Advisor to Minister Shaw, Dennis Boothe; Scientific...
Posted on 23/10/2019
MICAF Permanent Secretary greets Mushroom Cultivation Expert
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left) greets Mushroom Cultivation Expert, Oakland Licensed Professional Therapeutics (OLP), USA, Reggie Harris, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Tuesday, October 22. ...
Posted on 23/10/2019
Oakland Licensed Professional Therapeutics team meets with Ministry officials
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries , Dermon Spence (right) and Senior Advisor to Minister Shaw, MICAF, Dennis Boothe (centre) listen keenly to Founder/Chief Operating Officer, Oakland Licensed Professional Therapeutics (OLP), United States, James McConchie...
Posted on 22/10/2019
Agriculture Ministry urges beekeepers to protect honeybees during mosquito fogging
Beekeepers are being urged to take special precaution in the management of their beehives during aerial spraying and fogging. Chief Plant Protection Officer in the Apiculture Unit of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hugh Smith asserted that...
Posted on 18/10/2019
Closing out ceremony of a pilot project under the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Project
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Roy McNeil (second right), is in discussion with farmer, Marion Allen (second left), at the closing out ceremony of a pilot project under the Japan Caribbean Climate...
Posted on 18/10/2019
Courtesy Call with His Excellency Ambassador Luis Del Solar
His Excellency Ambassador Luis Del Solar (2nd left)) of the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in Jamaica converses with Michelle Parkins, Acting Principal Director , Economic Planning and Policy, Ministry of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), during a courtesy...
