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Vernetta Simpson (right), explains the benefits of using her Herbal Chaney Roots drink, manufactured under the Healing Sun brand, to the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a tour of exhibits at the 21st staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Thomas Open Day held at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay on June 28. Listening keenly, from left, are Bevin Martin Dickenson, Parish Agricultural Manager, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, both of RADA.

RADA St Thomas provides fruit plates and juices for schoolchildren

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 01 Jul 2019    communications   
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, had high praises for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s school-feeding project in St. Thomas, where fruit plates and fruit juices are packaged and sold to 22 schools in the parish on a daily basis. Under this project, which started in 2018, fruits such as pineapple, melon, sorrel, June plum and otaheite apples are purchased from local farmers and processed and packaged at the agro-processing facility located at the RADA St. Thomas office. “We want this to be a...


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Hon. J.C Hutchinson discusses ornamental fish rearing

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 01 Jul 2019    communications   
From left, Kerone Fairclough, Fisheries Extension Officer, discusses ornamental fish rearing with the Hon, J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, and Bevin Martin Dickenson, Parish Agricultural Manager, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the 21st staging of the RADA St. Thomas Open Day held at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay on June 28.


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Hon. J.C. Hutchinson presents plaque to Lynett Johnson for exemplary service to rural development in St. Thomas

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 01 Jul 2019    communications   
Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents plaque to Lynett Johnson for exemplary service to rural development in St. Thomas at the 21st staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority St Thomas Open Day, held at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay on June 28. Looking on is Opposition Spokesperson on Agriculture and Rural Development and Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Fenton Ferguson.


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Minister Hutchinson samples melon from Plantain Garden River Agro-Park in St. Thomas

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 01 Jul 2019    communications   
Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, samples melon from the Plantain Garden River Agro-Park in St. Thomas during a tour of exhibits at the 21st staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St Thomas Open Day, held on June 28 at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay. Others from left are Bevin Martin Dickenson, Parish Agricultural Manager, and Leonie Sawyers, farmer and board member, RADA St. Thomas.


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Hon. J.C. Hutchinson views seeds at RADA's Open Day in St. Thomas

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 01 Jul 2019    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (3rd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views seeds on display at the 21st staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St Thomas Open Day, held on June 28 at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay. Others from left are Bevin Martin Dickenson, Parish Agricultural Manager, Melvina Phidd, board member, RADA St. Thomas, and Richard Grant, Marketing Development Officer, H&L Agro. Organised by the Ministry, RADA and the Technical Centre for Cooperation on Agriculture, a seed fair was introduced...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (centre), poses with from left, Milverton Reynolds, Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica; Terry-Ann Segree, Private Financial Operations Specialist, IDB Labs, Inter-American Development Bank of Jamaica; Verona Carter, Vice-President, Public Affairs, New Fortress Energy; Dr. Indianna Minto-Coy, Senior Fellow, MSBM; Ambassador Ralph Thomas, Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Strategy, MSBM; and Dr. David McBean, Executive Director, Mona School of Business and Management at the media launch for the 4th staging of the Business and Management Conference to be held, July 10-12, 2019. The launch was held at the MSBM North, Executive Lecture Theatre, University of the West Indies on Thursday, June 27.

Minister Shaw endorses staging of MSBM entrepreneurs’ conference

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 28 Jun 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley, has endorsed the staging of the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) 4th International Business and Management Conference, which is geared towards addressing the pressing need to reflect on the experiences of Jamaica, and other small and developing states as it relates to entrepreneurship from a local and global perspective. Speaking at the media launch on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at the Mona School of Business and Management North, Executive Lecture Theatre, University of the West Indies, Minister Shaw said...


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Tour of Trade Winds Citrus Limited

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 28 Jun 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), observes the production of juices being shown to him by Trade Winds Citrus Limited Managing Director, Peter McConnell, during a tour of the Bog Walk plant in St. Catherine on June 26.


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Minister Audley Shaw tours Trade Winds Citrus Jamaica Limited

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 28 Jun 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), observes the citrus nursery being shown to him by Trade Winds Citrus Jamaica Limited Managing Director, Peter McConnell, during a farm tour in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on June 26.


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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right) listens attentively as Trade Winds Citrus Limited Managing Director, Peter McConnell, explains the process of filling juice boxes during a tour of the company’s Bog Walk plant in St. Catherine on June 26. From (left) looking on are; Marketing Coordinator, Keresha Ferguson, and Brand Manager of Trade Winds Citrus Limited, Lauren Mahfood.

Shaw reiterates call for investments into specific crops

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 27 Jun 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is reiterating a call for investments to be made in the growth of certain fruit tree crops in order to reduce Jamaica’s high food import bill. The crops include soursop, guava and West Indian cherry. “We have the climatic conditions and the established historical conditions that we can produce them on a large industrial scale,” he said. The Minister was speaking at a tour of the farm and factory of Trade Winds Citrus Limited in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (June 26). The company is responsible for the...


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National Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting

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 27 Jun 2019    communications   
Marina Young (right), Chairman of the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee, discusses Institutional Framework and Terms of Reference for Integrating Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in Jamaica’s Agriculture Sector Booklet with the Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting, held at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston on June 27. Others from left are Richard Thompson, Acting Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency...


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