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Signing of MOU to pave the way for access to the Chinese fisheries market

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 22 Sep 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left); along with (from left) Permanent Secretary at MICAF, Donovan Stanberry; Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection & Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Zhi Shuping; and Chinese Ambassador, H.E. Niu Qingbao, sign a Memorandum of Understanding to pave the way for access to the Chinese fisheries market. The signing was held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, on Friday, September 22, 2017.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), exchanges documents with His Excellency Mr. Zhi Shuping, Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, following the signing of an MoU between the General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection & Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, on September 22. Also in the photo are: Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary, MICAF, Agriculture and Fisheries (left); Dr. Osbil Watson, Chief Veterinary Officer (background), and His Excellency Niu Qingbao, Chinese Ambassador (right).

Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry paves way for access to Chinese fisheries market

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 22 Sep 2017    communications   
In an effort to secure the export of Jamaican aquatic products such as lobster into the Chinese market, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries today (Friday, September 22, 2017) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China. Under the MOU, the two countries have “agreed to cooperate regarding the promotion of the export of lobsters in the first instance, and thereafter, other aquatic products from Jamaica to China with a view to expeditiously...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), speaking at a media briefing to update the country on the importation of refined sugar and future of the Monymusk Sugar Factory, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Seated from left are Director General at MICAF, Vivian Brown and CEO of SCJ Holdings, John Gayle.

Monymusk to Remain Open

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 21 Sep 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has announced that the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon will remain open for the 2017/ 2018 sugar crop. Minister Samuda made the announcement Wednesday afternoon at a press conference at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston. Minister Samuda said the decision was taken following discussions with the Chinese owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company. Under the agreement, Pan Caribbean will operate Monymusk and will return 25,000 acres of leased lands located at Monymusk and Bernard Lodge to the government...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (seated at microphone), addresses a media briefing to update the country on the importation of refined sugar and future of the Monymusk Sugar Factory, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Also at the head table (from left) are Director General at MICAF, Vivian Brown and CEO, SCJ Holdings, John Gayle.

Agriculture Minister Announces Changes to the Regime for the Importation of Refined Sugar

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 21 Sep 2017    communications   
The Agriculture Minister has announced changes to the regime for the importation of refined sugar for the retail trade. Minister Samuda made the announcement Wednesday afternoon at a press conference at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston. This, he said, is in an effort to stop the leakage of refined sugar, imported by manufacturers duty free as a raw material for manufactured products, from entering the retail trade. According to Minister Samuda, the granting of permits to import refined sugar for the retail trade will be restricted to approved marketing agents or other...


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Inter-Regional Conference on the Strategic Use of Intellectual Property in Sport

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 19 Sep 2017    communications   
Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy (2nd right), engages (from left) Former Vice President, Marketing, Sponsorship and Advertising Calgary Flames, Calgary, Canada, Jim Bagshaw; Jamaican athlete/UNESCO Ambassador, Champion for Sports, Veronica Campbell-Brown; and Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, in conversation at the Inter-Regional Conference on Strategic Use of Intellectual Property in Sport, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Kingston, on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.


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Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown (right), greets Jamaican athlete/UNESCO Ambassador, Champion for Sports, Veronica Campbell-Brown, at the Inter-Regional Conference on Strategic Use of Intellectual Property in Sport, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Kingston, on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Looking on is Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy. JIPO is an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Commerce Ministry to work with Sport Ministry to increase the promotion of intellectual property rights in sport

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 19 Sep 2017    communications   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has given its commitment to work with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to advance the role of intellectual property rights in the business of sport in Jamaica. This commitment was given at the Regional Conference on the Strategic Use of Intellectual Property (IP) in Sport held Tuesday, September 19 at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, as Director General in the Ministry, Mr Vivian Brown, delivered remarks on behalf of Minister Karl Samuda to members of the local sport fraternity as well as delegates...


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Samuda to Meet with Coffee Growers

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 18 Sep 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda, is to meet with coffee growers from the Blue Mountain area to discuss their concerns regarding the current price of coffee. The meeting is in response to the farmers’ request in light of their discontent over the price per box of Blue Mountain Coffee beans that they currently earn from the marketing companies. The farmers are reporting a current selling price of $6,000 per box, which, they say, cannot cover their input costs. Members of the Blue Mountain Coffee Growers’ Association requested the meeting with the...


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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (right), signs partnership agreement for the Increasing Access to Climate Smart Agriculture Programme with the Hon Daryl Vaz, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation; Adriana La Valley, Chief of Operations at the Inter-American Development Bank; and Linda Pfeiffer, President and CEO of INMED Partnerships for Children; at the launch of the programme in Kingston on September 15.

Ministry Supports Aquaponics Farming

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 15 Sep 2017    communications   
With the sustainability of inland fisheries being threatened by climate change and other factors, there is a need for more inland fisheries, said the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, as he welcomed the launch of the Increasing Access to Climate Smart Agriculture Programme by INMED Partnerships for Children on September 8 in Kingston. The 4-year project will promote the use of aquaponics, a farming technique that combines aquaculture (fish farming) with hydroponics (soilless crop production) into a closed system that is...


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Hon J.C. Hutchinson ( 2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, examines fertilizer being presented to him by Daniel McHugh, Managing Director of Sapphire Agriculture Jamaica Ltd, along with (from left) Olive Downer-Walsh, Deputy CEO of Hardware & Lumber and Lloyd Distant, CEO. The occasion was the Sapphire Fertilizer Product Launch in Kingston on September 13.

Hutchinson welcomes partnership for distribution of new fertilizers

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 14 Sep 2017    communications   
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, has welcomed the partnership between Sapphire Agriculture Jamaica Ltd and H&L Agro for the distribution of a new line of fertilizers even as he expressed dissatisfaction with the large quantities of food imported into Jamaica, some of which are grown locally. Speaking at the Sapphire Product Launch in Kingston on September 13, Minister Hutchinson said it was critical to increase local food production in order to reduce Jamaica’s high food import bill, which now stands at over...


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Dermon Spence(right) chief technical director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (l-r) Diego Varela of the Chilean Agency for Food Safety (ACHIPIA); His Excellency, Roberto Alvarez of the Embassy of Chile in Jamaica and Dr Michel Leporati, President of the Codex Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean at the closing event for the project entitled ‘Strengthening the Functioning of the National Codex Structure in Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia and Suriname’, held Wednesday, September 6 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

Ministry stresses importance of food safety and adherence to international food standards

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 07 Sep 2017    communications   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is once again stressing the importance of food safety and an adherence to globally recognised standards. The reminder was issued by Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Mr Dermon Spence, as he addressed regional stakeholders in the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international body that sets food standards and guidelines, in Kingston on Wednesday, September 6. “The adherence to international food safety and food standards is absolutely essential and must be embraced by regulators, producers and consumers,” Spence said. The...


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