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October 2018
 

05 October 2018

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of H&L ,Olive Downer Walsh (left), converses with the Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the National Irish Potato Sensitization Meeting, held in Christiana, Manchester, on October 4, 2018. Others from left are stakeholders Hedda Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Ltd; Hugh Gentles, Chairman, Potato and Onion Producers’ Association; and Odean Bradshaw, Marketing and Business Development Manager, H&L Agro.

Shaw urges farmers to practise climate-smart agriculture

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 05 Oct 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging farmers to practise climate-smart agriculture to help grow the sector in a sustainable way. “We are not taking advantage of climate-smart initiatives such as drip irrigation, which is one of the solutions, which, as government, we are going to find a way even to subsidize those who want to get into it,” said Minster Shaw. “If we have the appropriate systems such as irrigation, Irish potato can be grown year round rather than the two times of year we do it now. People eat Irish potato year round. We have...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Valerie Veira; Human Resource Manager, Total Jamaica Limited, Melissa Anderson; Managing Director, TOTAL Jamaica, Chris Okonmah; Chief Executive Officer, Action Coach Jamaica, Marcia Woon-Choy; Ambassador of the Startupper Challenge, Mark Anthony Scott; and Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, Cliff Riley, at the launch of the TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Challenge, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Kingston, on Friday, October 5, 2018. The 2018-2019 TOTAL Challenge will support and reward young local entrepreneurs in any business sector with a project or business less than two years old. Over 60 countries will be participating in the Challenge.

Shaw lauds TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Programme

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 05 Oct 2018    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has lauded Total Jamaica Startupper of the Year Programme, which, he said, is providing another opportunity for Jamaica’s young entrepreneurs to offer innovative ideas and creativity that will aid the nation’s economic growth. According to Minister Shaw, “I am always heartened when companies give back through initiatives such as this to help to create a future cadre of entrepreneurs and business moguls. Initiatives such as these, I believe, create more of an impact than we can quantify.” Speaking at the media launch of...


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Marketing Manager Recorgo Holt addressing farmers at the National Irish Potato Sensitization Meeting

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 05 Oct 2018    communications   
Recorgo Holt, Marketing Manager at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, addressing farmers on marketing requirements at the National Irish Potato Sensitization Meeting, held in Christiana, Manchester, on October 4, 2018. The target for the 2018-2019 crop year is for some 1,200 hectares of Irish potatoes to be planted to meet the national demand of 17,000 tonnes.


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Potato farmer Claudette Derby in discussion with Minister Shaw at the National Irish Potato Sensitization Meeting

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 05 Oct 2018    communications   
Potato farmer Claudette Derby(right) in discussion with (from left) Deputy Chief Executive Officer of H&L ,Olive Downer Walsh (left), and the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the National Irish Potato Sensitization Meeting, held in Christiana, Manchester, on October 4, 2018. In the background at right is Odean Bradshaw, Marketing and Business Development Manager, H&L Agro.


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Managing Director Chris Okonmah greets Minister Shaw at the launch of the TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Challenge

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 05 Oct 2018    communications   
Managing Director, TOTAL Jamaica, Chris Okonmah (left), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the launch of the TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Challenge, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Kingston, on Friday, October 5, 2018. The 2018-2019 TOTAL Challenge will support and reward young local entrepreneurs in any business sector with a project or business less than two years old. Over 60 countries will be participating in the Challenge.


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Minister Shaw speaking at the launch of the TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Challenge

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 05 Oct 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of the TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Challenge, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Kingston on Friday, October 5, 2018. The 2018-2019 TOTAL Challenge will support and reward young local entrepreneurs in any business sector with a project or business less than two years old. Over 60 countries will be participating in the Challenge. The 2018-2019 TOTAL Challenge will support and reward young local entrepreneurs in any business sector with a project or business less than two years old. Over...


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