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January 2018
 

29 January 2018

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (centre), in conversation with Juliet Holness, Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, at today’s (January 23, 2018) launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival in Kingston to be held March 23-25, 2018 at Newcastle in St. Andrew. At right is Gusland McCook, acting director general of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority.

Agriculture and Tourism ministries to host Blue Mountain Coffee Festival

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 29 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, has welcomed the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival to be held March 23-25, 2018 in Newcastle, St. Andrew, noting that it will be of significance in the marketing and branding of coffee. The Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival will feature a trade day to include business development workshops for farmers, a festival marketplace highlighting culinary delights, coffee and culture, and will also provide an opportunity for persons to experience the Jamaica Blue Mountain Culinary Trail. Speaking on behalf of...


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Launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival

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 29 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Gusland McCook, acting director general of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority, speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival in Kingston on January 23. The 3-day festival, which is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, will be held March 23-25 at Newcastle in St. Andrew.


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Agriculture Ministry repairs farm roads

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 29 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
By the end of the 2017/2018 financial year, several farm roads in the parishes of Manchester and St. Elizabeth, covering 19.7km and valued at $81m, will be rehabilitated by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio, MICAF, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, during a tour of some of the roads along with representatives from RADA on January 24. “Between now and March 26 of this year, we are looking at fixing 6.7 kilometres of farm roads in St. Elizabeth at a cost of $34m...


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(L-R) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Donovan Stanberry, along with Chief Technical Director, MICAF, Andrene Collings; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; and Director General, MICAF, Vivian Brown, in discussion at the Final Validation Round Table for Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, on Thursday, January 25, 2018. Among some of the areas discussed were the Business Enabling Environment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Social Value Creation and Cross Cutting Issues, Increasing Financing to the Sector, Enhancing Business Development Support.

MSMEs play a key role in economic development - Stanberry

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 29 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Donovan Stanberry, has reiterated the importance and potential of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), if properly managed, in the development of the local economy. He said that the MSME sector is a key driver for wealth creation and prosperity in Jamaica. Mr. Stanberry was speaking at a Round Table for the Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy final validation, hosted by the MSME Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Jamaica Conference...


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Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy

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 29 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Principal Director, MSME Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Oral Shaw, discusses the Way Forward for MSMEs, at the Final Validation Round Table for the Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, on Thursday, January 25, 2018.


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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