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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking with farmers at the official commissioning of the NIC's Bengal Pump Station in Trelawny

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 24 Jan 2020    communications   
Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with farmers Elizabeth Hines (centre) and Marcia Buckle at the official commissioning of the National Irrigation Commission's Bengal Pump Station in Trelawny on January 23, 2020. At left is the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio. The 320 panel solar-powered pump station will provide more cost-effective water for the farmers.


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Minister Floyd Green in discussion with President Lenworth Fulton at the launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show

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 23 Jan 2020    communications   
From left, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, Hon Harold Muschett, Custos of Trelawny, and Lenworth Fulton, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, in dialogue at the launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show at the showground on January 22. Under the theme 'Agricultural Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change', the show will be held February 25-26, 2020 at the Hague Showground in Trelawny.


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

More Traditional Ganja Growers To Take Part In Alternative Development Programme

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 22 Jan 2020    communications   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says emphasis will be placed on increasing the number of community groups of traditional growers participating in the Alternative Development Programme. The programme aims to prevent and eliminate the illicit cultivation of ganja and channel the process through legal streams. The 1998 Action Plan, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, provides for the inclusion of such a programme through specifically designed rural development measures consistent with sustained national economic...


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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with Co-founder of First Rock Capital Holdings Limited, Dr. Michael Bambury (left), during an Initial Public Offering (IPO) investor briefing at 5 Seaview Avenue in St. Andrew on January 9. Looking on is Co-founder and President, Ryan Reid.

First Rock IPO indicative of confidence in the economy — Shaw

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 21 Jan 2020    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the decision by the principals of First Rock Capital Holdings Limited to offer shares in the firm’s operations to the public is indicative of their confidence in Jamaica’s economy. He contended that their confidence and, by extension, that of other interests across the society has been and continues to be spurred, to a great extent, by the outcomes of several key macroeconomic indicators. Notably, the Minister said, is the extent of “unprecedented” growth being recorded; increased employment and a commensurate...


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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), shares a light moment with (from left): Jamaica Representative, Marsha Johnson; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw; United States Representatives, Megan Wall and Michael Moscarelli. Occasion was the USAID Farmer to Farmer Conference 2020, held at The Liguanea Club in New Kingston, on Monday (January 6).

New Agricultural Transformation Project For St. Catherine

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 21 Jan 2020    communications   
A new agricultural transformation project will soon commence in St. Catherine, as the Government aims to create more wealth among local farmers. “Within a matter of months, this transformation will begin. In fact, in the Bernard Lodge and Innswood areas of St. Catherine, we are going to be seeing, over the next six to 12 months, a transformation starting with 6,000 acres of land in which we have a dynamic partnership of large and small farmers,” Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, said. He was speaking at the United States Agency for International...


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Principal Director Michelle Parkins views document at the Mona Graphic Printers’ 25th Anniversary Celebrations and Awards Ceremony

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 20 Jan 2020    communications   
From left, Arlene Wilson, Managing Director, Mona Graphic Printers; Michelle Parkins, Principal Director for Economic Planning & Policy Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Jose Eyzaguirre, Printing Machinery Specialist, Printing Machines, view copy of printed document from the newly installed Heidlberg Five Colour Speed-Master printing press. The occasion was Mona Graphic Printers’ 25th Anniversary Celebrations and Awards Ceremony in St. Andrew on January 17, 2020.


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Opening of new building at Mona Graphic Printers in St. Andrew

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 20 Jan 2020    communications   
From left: Michelle Parkins, Principal Director for Economic Planning & Policy Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Arlene Wilson, Managing Director, Mona Graphic Printers; celebrate opening of new building at Mona Graphic Printers in St. Andrew on January 17, 2020. The ribbon-cutting exercise was part of Mona Graphic’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations which included a press run demonstration of the newly acquired Heidlberg Five Colour Speed-Master printing as well presentation of long service awards to five employees.


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Principal Director Michelle Parkins and Managing Director Arlene Wilson at the Mona Graphic Printers’ 25th Anniversary Ceremony

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 20 Jan 2020    communications   
Michelle Parkins (left), Principal Director for Economic Planning & Policy Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with Arlene Wilson, Managing Director, Mona Graphic Printers; at the Mona Graphic Printers’ 25th Anniversary Celebrations and Awards Ceremony on January 17, 2020 in St. Andrew. In addition to a press run demonstration of the newly acquired Heidlberg Five Colour Speed-Master printing press, long service awards were also presented to five employees and a new building officially opened.


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Agriculture Ministry set to launch International Year of Plant Health

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 17 Jan 2020    communications   
In keeping with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) declaration of 2020 as the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) will launch local activities on January 22 at the Hope Botanical Gardens. The launch will also serve to raise awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment, and boost economic development. Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector at MICAF Sanniel Wilson-Graham, said it was necessary to commit to an entire...


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Minister Floyd Green greets Member of Parliament Julian Robinson

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 16 Jan 2020    communications   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Member of Parliament for South Eastern St. Andrew, Julian Robinson, at the launch of Moody’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises lending masterclass workshop, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. MICAF’s MSME Division, in collaboration with Business Works Collective launched the programme to assist in the development of SMEs.


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