Hon Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, examines cocoa beans which have been processed by the power nutcracker in the foreground, one of several chocolate equipment manufactured by Cocoatown. Minister Samuda was touring several displays at the International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre’s 2nd Conference, Symposium and Chocolate Exposition, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston today (February 6). Others, from left, are Balu Balasubramanian, chief executive officer and Andal Balau, president, both of Cocoatown, and Vernon Barrett, international business consultant of Newer Worlds in the United Kingdom.
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, at the at the opening ceremony for the International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre’s 2nd Conference, Symposium and Chocolate Exposition, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. Minister Samuda stressed the fact that in spite of the vast potential of the fine-flavoured cocoa industry, production in Jamaica, for example, had declined by about 50 per...
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