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Industry and Commerce Minister Reiterates Call for Banks to be More Flexible with Lending Requirements for MSMEs

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 25 Jul 2017    communications   
Industry and Commerce Minister Reiterates Call for Banks to be More Flexible with Lending Requirements for MSMEs Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has reiterated his call for financial lending institutions to make changes to the way they assess loan applications from Micro, Small and Medium Sized Entities (MSME’s). Minister Samuda, who was speaking at the opening of the Caribbean MSME Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday, said it is critical for lending institutions to consider character, management, experience,...


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Courtesy Call on Minister Samuda by Ambassador of Brazil

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 25 Jul 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), greets Ambassador of Brazil, His Excellency Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.


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Ministry to allocate funds for assistance to farmers through MPs

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 19 Jul 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda has said that in order to ensure a structured and transparent distribution of funds from the Productivity Incentive Scheme, an allocation will be made to members of parliament for distribution to farmers within their constituency with the largest allocation going to those in rural farming constituencies. “We have decided that we will not engage in direct distribution of resources to individual groups of farmers, but we will go through the established structures/organisations,” Minister Samuda emphasised. He was addressing...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), in dialogue with (from left) corporate affairs manager, Dr. Keith Amiel; chief operations officer, Mathew Lyn and director, Lori-Ann Lyn, all of the CB Group. The occasion was the launch of the CB Group’s Imagination Farms, held at the Hope Zoo, Kingston, on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The company unveiled its fresh produce brand ‘Homegrown’ at the launch, which involves the growing of sweet corns, onions and scotch bonnet peppers.

Samuda welcomes CB Group’s entry into the fresh produce market

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 19 Jul 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has welcomed the entry of CB Group into the fresh produce market in Jamaica through its new company, Imagination Farms. Speaking at the launch of the new company at Hope Zoo on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, the agriculture minister applauded the CB Group on its “bold initiative”. “What we are witnessing here tonight has not taken place just over a year or two, it has been planned carefully over the years. I believe that it is only through planning and preparation that you are really going to experience these kinds of...


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Launch of Partnership between Avery's Organic Fertilizer and Kimitec Group

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 18 Jul 2017    communications   
Ignacio González(left), Export Area Manager at Kimitec Group, discusses with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, organic fertilizers being introduced into the Jamaican through distributor, Prince Avery, General Manager at Avery’s Organic Fertilizer, at the launch of the partnership between both companies in Kingston on July 13.


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Director general in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown (right), greets scientist and executive chairman, Eden Gardens Group of Companies, Dr. Henry Lowe, at the Special Announcement of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA's) Orphan Drug Status Award Function for the treatment of Leukemia, held at the Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston, on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Looking on at centre is executive editor, Publications at the Jamaica Observer, Vernon Davidson.

Jamaica needs to take full advantage of nutraceutical industry

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 13 Jul 2017    communications   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown says that there is clear need for more to be done if Jamaica is to take full advantage of the nutraceutical industry, which can bring in up to US$2 billion and capture around 5% of the world market. He noted that, “Jamaica is in a very good position to establish an avenue for long-term foreign exchange earnings by producing and exporting more nutraceutical products, and also with more of our entrepreneurs entering the industry, so this is undoubtedly achievable”. The director general,...


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Prime Minister Andrew Holness in dialogue with Scientist Dr. Henry Lowe and Hon Andrew Wheatley

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 13 Jul 2017    communications   
Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), in dialogue with scientist and executive chairman, Eden Gardens Group of Companies, Dr. Henry Lowe (left) and Minister of Science and Technology, Hon. Andrew Wheatley, at the Special Announcement of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA's) Orphan Drug Status Award Function for the treatment of Leukemia, held at the Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston, on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.


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Hon Karl Samuda (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with Norman Grant (left), President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), at the 122nd Annual General Meeting of the JAS, held at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on July 12. At right is Christopher Emmanuel, CEO of JAS.

Samuda: The Show will go on

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 13 Jul 2017    communications   
The 65th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural Show will go on. That’s the word from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, as he addressed hundreds of farmers at the 122nd Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) on Wednesday, July 12 at the Showground in Denbigh, Clarendon. Minister Samuda’s declaration comes in the wake of concerns about the staging of the annual agricultural show due to concerns raised by the Public Health Department regarding sanitation issues at the showground. “This Show carries additional significance,” said...


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