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Posted on 14/02/2017
Samuda commits to revitalisation of dairy industry
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, has reiterated his commitment to the revitalisation of the dairy industry, noting that currently Jamaica only supplies about 50% of the milk consumed annually. He was speaking at the...

Posted on 14/02/2017
Courtesy Call on the Hon. Karl Samuda
Dr Lycra Fletcher-Paul (right), Sub Regional Director of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), discusses the FAO’s priority projects within the region with the Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a...

Posted on 10/02/2017
Industry Minister Halts Export of Copper
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has announced that effective immediately no copper will be exported from the island. The move is intended to discourage the theft of copper cables. The Trade Scrap Metal Regulation 2013...

Posted on 10/02/2017
Courtesy Call
Shaun Baugh (right), principal director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Daniel Mellsop, New Zealand High Commissioner in Canada, during a courtesy call on the Ministry at its Hope Gardens’ office in Kingston on February 9....

Posted on 09/02/2017
Diplomatic Week 2017
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda addressing members of the Diplomatic Corps at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. The occasion was the Ministerial Briefing held as part of Diplomatic Week (February 5-10)....

Posted on 08/02/2017
Opening Session of the CARICOM Risk Assessment and Product Safety Workshop
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (left) in dialogue with Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (2nd left); Senior Coordinator – Hemispheric and Bilateral Negotiations, CARICOM Secretariat, Office of...

Posted on 06/02/2017
Samuda wants cocoa expansion
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, has issued an appeal for the expansion of the cocoa industry in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. The Minister made the appeal while speaking today, February 6,...

Posted on 06/02/2017
2nd Conference, Symposium and Chocolate Exposition
Hon Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with Professor Dale Webber ( 3rd left), pro-vice-chancellor at the University of the West Indies (UWI); at the opening ceremony for the International Fine Cocoa Innovation...

Posted on 03/02/2017
Courtesy Call on Hon. Karl Samuda by Madam Liu
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, Madam Liu Chaoyu; Interpreter, Sun Y’ Dan and Permanent Secretary at MICAF, Donovan Stanberry during a courtesy call...