Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (2nd left), along with (from left) Deputy Director, Livestock, MICAF, Dwight Williams; Agricultural Scientist and Former Deputy Director of Livestock, Bodles, Jasmin Holness; Professor Samuel Aggrey of Lumin Consulting; and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Dairy Development Board, Dean Avril, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, December 2, 2019. The occasion was a training session in Livestock Breeding Strategies and Selection Principles hosted by MICAF in collaboration with Lumin Consulting. Under the Bodles Redevelopment Project, a two-week training, which will run from December 2 to 6 and, December 16 to 20, is organised as part of work being carried out on ‘DNA mapping and Genome Sequencing of the Jamaica Hope Herd’ and will include participants from MICAF’s Research & Development Division and the industry.
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04 Dec 2019
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, says that there has been an increasing demand for livestock products globally, with a projected 22% increase in milk production by 2027. He informed that data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) indicate that growing populations, rising affluence and urbanization are translating into increased demand for livestock products, particularly in developing countries. “In fact, global demand is projected to increase by 70 per cent to feed an estimated population of 9.6 billion by 2050,”...
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