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Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right); and President, Community and Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), Condell Stephenson (centre), sign a memorandum of understanding between the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Community and Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), at the C&WJCCUL, Half-Way Tree Road, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Sharing in the moment are Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); along with (background l-r) Chief Executive Officer, C&WJCCUL, Carlton Barclay; RADA’s Board Chairman, Nigel Myrie; Senior Regional Manager, C&WJCCUL, Andrea Mumby; and Director, C&WJCCUL, Paulette Howell. RADA and C&WJCCUL signed an MoU to solidify a loan programme for farmers registered with RADA to access financial benefits, which will ultimately stimulate improved productivity for farmers.

RADA/C&WJCCUL sign MoU to provide financing to farmers

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 18 Jun 2019    communications   
The Community & Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL) has entered into an agreement with the Rural Agriculture Development Authority (RADA) that will see the Credit Union providing financing to its members who are registered RADA farmers involved in the cultivation of cash crops. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will seek to provide the means for farmers to expand production and productivity, employ climate-smart practices, advance packaging for marketing of their produce and/or improve post-harvesting mechanisms and maintain standards, quality and...


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Hon Audley Shaw speaking at an MoU signing between RADA and C&WJCCUL

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 18 Jun 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and Community and Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), at the C&WJCCUL, Half-Way Tree Road, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. RADA and C&WJCCUL signed an MoU to solidify a loan programme for farmers registered with RADA to access financial benefits, which will ultimately stimulate improved productivity for farmers.


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JAMAICAN MANGOES BOUND FOR THE USA: Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries MICAF), assists with the loading of the first shipment of Jamaican mangoes to the United States at the Montego Bay Export Complex at the Sangster International Airport in St. James, on June 13, 2019. At right is Dalton Hastings, Export Complex Manager, Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch, MICAF. Some 12, 000 pounds of mangoes, representing 800 boxes were shipped to the USA.

Mango Time...Jamaican fruit gets US Visa!

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 14 Jun 2019    communications   
All across Jamaica mango trees – Julie, East Indian, common mango, blackie, you name it, are blossoming and bearing fruit. And this mango season is going down in history with the first shipment of Jamaican mangoes to the US on Thursday, June 13. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the event at the Export Complex at the Sangster Airport in Montego Bay, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, declared: “ There is hardly anything more delicious than a ripe Jamaican mango; it is sweet and it is nutritious. So, today is mango...


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Hon. J.C. Hutchinson speaking at the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States

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 14 Jun 2019    communications   
Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States on June 13, 2019 at the Montego Bay Export Complex in St. James.. Some 12, 000 pounds of mangoes, representing 800 boxes, were shipped to the USA.


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Hon. J.C. Hutchinson at the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the USA

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 14 Jun 2019    communications   
Rita Hilton (right), exporter, converses with (from left) Jacent Edwards, farmer, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), and Dalton Hastings, Export Complex Manager, Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch, MICAF, at the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the USA on June 13, 2019, held at the Montego Bay Export Complex in St. James. Some 12, 000 pounds of mangoes, representing 800 boxes, were shipped to the USA.


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Export Complex Manager Dalton Hastings explains export process to Hon. J.C. Hutchinson

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 14 Jun 2019    communications   
Dalton Hastings (left), Export Complex Manager, Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), explains export process to (from left) the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, MICAF, Christine Wong of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Damian Rowe, Senior Plant Quarantine/SPS Enquiry Point Officer, and Dermon Spence, Acting Permanent Secretary, MICAF , at the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the USA on June 13, 2019. Some 12, 000 pounds of mangoes, representing 800 boxes, were...


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Minister Shaw at the launch of the Professional Sales Representatives Association of Jamaica

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 10 Jun 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), greets President and Founder, Professional Sales Representatives Association of Jamaica (PSRAJ), Duane Lue Fung (2nd left). Looking on (from left) are PSRAJ Patron, Hon. Danvers Williams; and Vice-President and Director, PSRAJ, Paul Bryan, at the inaugural launch of the PRSAJ, at the Spanish Court Hotel on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The PSRAJ is a member-based organisation formed to elevate and accelerate the standards in the sales industry and the success of sales organizations and professionals in Jamaica...


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JANAAC World Accreditation Day CEO Breakfast and Awards Ceremony

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 10 Jun 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley; Representative of the Veterinary Services Division Laboratory (VSDL), MICAF, Dr. Simone Martin-Shaw; and Deputy Chairman, JANAAC, Lynden Nugent, at the JANAAC World Accreditation Day CEO Breakfast and Awards Ceremony, at the Terra Nova Hotel on Friday, June 7, 2019. JANAAC, an agency of MICAF, hosted its CEO’s Breakfast and Awards Ceremony under the theme ‘Accreditation: Adding...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) Accreditation Manager, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Nickoe Boothe-Thompson; Chief Executive Officer, JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley; Chief Food Storage Officer, Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID), Roy McNeil; and Deputy Chairman, JANAAC, Lynden Nugent, at the JANAAC World Accreditation Day CEO Breakfast, at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel on Friday, June 7, 2019. JANAAC, an agency of MICAF, hosted its CEO’s Breakfast and Awards Ceremony under the theme ‘Accreditation: Adding Value to Supply Chains’, being held in recognition of World Accreditation Day, celebrated on the 9th of June annually. The FSPID received the first accreditation certificate to the ISO/IEC 17020 standard for inspection body here in Jamaica.

Shaw encourages Jamaican entities to become accredited

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 10 Jun 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging Jamaican entities to become accredited through the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) in order to lift their standards and elevate their position in the global marketplace. “As a country, we cannot get to where we are going unless we lift up our standards. And, lifting our standards means that we have to operate not at Jamaica’s standards but at international standards,” Minister Shaw stated. Minister Shaw was addressing stakeholders at JANAAC’s CEO Breakfast at the Terra Nova All-Suite...


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