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Posted on 25/05/2017
Launch of the Inaugural Caribbean MSME Conference
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Donovan Stanberry shakes hand with president, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between MICAF and the SBAJ at the launch...

Posted on 24/05/2017
Hon. Karl Samuda addresses Trade Facilitation Task Force Meeting
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda addresses a Trade Facilitation Task Force meeting held at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The meeting was to update members on activities of the...

Posted on 19/05/2017
RADA issues advisory to Irish potato farmers
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is alerting Irish potato farmers to take precautionary measures to protect their crops in the wake of the recent torrential rainfall. In a release today ( May 19), RADA advised as follows: A trough...

Posted on 19/05/2017
Minister Samuda Greets Secretary General, WCO, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) greeting Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Kunio Mikuriya (right) during a meeting at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, National Heroes Circle in Kingston, on...

Posted on 18/05/2017
Gov’t to launch pepper programme in Manchester
Using the model of the National Irish Potato Programme, Government will soon be rolling out a Scotch bonnet pepper programme utilising greenhouses in Devon, Manchester. Addressing Irish potato farmers at a meeting held in Devon on Wednesday, May 17, Hon...

Posted on 18/05/2017
Agriculture Ministry Assessing Impact of Flooding on Farmers
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has announced that an assessment is now being conducted on the extent of damage to the agricultural sector as a result of heavy rains this week. Teams from the Rural...

Posted on 18/05/2017
The Anti-dumping and Subsidies Commission Prepares for Kingston and St. Andrew Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show (Agrofest) 2017
On the invitation of the President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, the Anti-dumping and Subsidies Commission (the Commission) will participate in the Kingston and St. Andrew Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show (Agrofest) on Saturday, May 20, 2017. The event will...

Posted on 12/05/2017
Gov’t and EU sign consultancy agreement to review sugar industry model
Government and the European Commission signed a consultancy agreement for the development of a financial and economic model for the sugar industry, including the feasibility of ethanol production, at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ New Kingston offices...

Posted on 12/05/2017
MSMEs critical to economic growth and social transformation- Wedderburn
Chief Technical Director, in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Stephen Wedderburn, says that Jamaica is on the cusp of economic growth and social transformation with the goal of achieving sustained economic growth prosperity, and high levels...