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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...

Posted on 02/02/2017
Agriculture Minister urges Farmers to expand Coffee Production beyond Blue Mountains
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda is urging local farmers to expand production of low- land and high- mountain coffee in an effort to reduce green coffee bean imports. Low- land and high- mountain coffee is...

Posted on 01/02/2017
Dairy Farmers Train Farmers in Pesticide Treatment
In an effort to reduce parasite infestation among animals, several dairy farmers in the Hillside community of St. Thomas were exposed to pesticide training and treatment of animals by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board on January 26. The training, which...

Posted on 01/02/2017
Farmer Field Pesticide Training
Romaine Brown, farm assistant at Serge Island Farms, demonstrates application of Eprinox to animal during Farmer Field School pesticide training organised by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board for dairy farmers on January 26 at Hillside in St. Thomas.

Posted on 01/02/2017
Launch of the Jamaican Standard Specification for Coffee
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) in dialogue with President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Mr. Norman Grant and Chairman of the Standard Council of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Mr. James Rawle at...

Posted on 31/01/2017
Dairy Board Programme Increases Milk Production
Following the establishment of a fodder bank by the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) on 17 acres of land, using the Mulatto 11 grass, Serge Island Farms is now reporting a 5% increase in milk production over the previous year....

Posted on 31/01/2017
PS Stanberry Raps with Students of CASE
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (3rd left), raps with students (from left) Chadwade Anderson and Chenille Humes at the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education in Portland on January 27. Mr. Stanberry...

Posted on 28/01/2017
Algix Jamaica Licensed for Export
Algix Jamaica Limited, the first company to produce Basa fish in Jamaica, is now licensed by the Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries to export fish. This announcement was made by the Hon J.C....

Posted on 28/01/2017
Standard Labelling and Packaging to Include Granulated Sugar
The recently announced standards governing the packaging and labelling of brown sugar will now be extended to include granulated sugar. This was announced today, January 25, by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda who was...