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Launch of the REACH Website

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 19 Nov 2016    communications   
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Reginald Budhan (2nd right) officially launching the Regional Entrepreneurial Asset Commercialization Hub (REACH) website at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, New Kingston on Friday, November 18, 2016. From left to right are: Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Miss Lilyclaire Bellamy; Director, Mona Office for Research and Innovation, University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Georgina Gordon-Strachan; and Multilateral Investment Fund Specialist, Inter-American Development...


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Thumbs Up!

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 18 Nov 2016    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (1st left) congratulates Founder and Chairman of Lasco Distributors Limited, Mr. Lascelles Chin on the remarkable job he is doing and in exporting the first 4 containers of iCool drinks to Trinidad.


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Minister Samuda meets with Hon. Tracey Panton of Belize

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 18 Nov 2016    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda with Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce (Belize), Hon. Tracey Panton following a bilateral meeting, while on official business at CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Guyana on Thursday, November 17, 2016.


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Visit to Lasco Distributors Limited

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 17 Nov 2016    communications   
Founder and Chairman of Lasco Distributors Limited, Mr. Lascelles Chin (left) showing Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre) and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, some of the iCool drink flavours made by the company. The occasion was a visit at the Lasco Red Hills Road office on Tuesday, November 15, 2016.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left) in conversation with Ambassador Derrick Heaven during the 79th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists held at the RIU Hotel in Ocho Rios on Thursday, November 3, 2016.

Minister Samuda Expresses Optimism for Sugar Industry

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 09 Nov 2016    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda is expressing optimism for the 2016/2017 sugar crop season. He said it is expected that there will be a resumption of operations at the Appleton Sugar Factory in St. Elizabeth, come the first week in January. Minister Samuda was speaking at the 79th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists, held at RIU Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on November 3. He also alluded to the recent decision of the European Union (EU) to extend the Sugar Transformation Programme to September 2017. “I want to thank...


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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), is presented with ginger by Wilton Field, a farmer at the Plantain Garden River Agro-park in St. Thomas. The Minister toured the area on November 3 and addressed the farmers.

100 Acres to be Planted with Irish Potato In St. Thomas

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 09 Nov 2016    communications   
Preparation is to begin immediately for the planting of Irish potato on 100 acres of land in the Plantain Garden River Agro-park in St. Thomas. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said all the inputs will be provided for the more than 20 active farmers in the park, with the delivery of seeds to be done within two weeks. “We are also going to arrange for the potatoes to be marketed after harvesting,” the Minister assured. Mr. Hutchinson met with the farmers on November 3, during a tour of the area, which was...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses participants during the 79th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists, held at the RIU Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on November 3, 2016. The conference was held under the theme, ‘Engaging partnership – an option for survival’.

Agriculture Minister Commends JAST

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 09 Nov 2016    communications   
The Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists (JAST) has been commended for the contributions they have made towards the sustainable development of the sugar cane industry over the last 79 years. The commendation came from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda while speaking at the 79th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists, held at RIU Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on November 3. He said the organisation has played a crucial and fundamental role in endorsing the use of technology in the industry. “Your role is therefore...


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Government Removes GCT on Agricultural Inputs

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 09 Nov 2016    communications   
Cabinet has decided to remove the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on a long list of agricultural inputs. This announcement was made by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 8. Some of the agricultural inputs include semi-trailers, chain wire fencing; cooling and storage tanks, multipurpose fish-feeding machines, artificial insemination equipment, laboratory equipment, and medicaments and supplements. Mr. Samuda said the amendments seek to ensure that farmers have access to modern equipment and...


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Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries

Consumer Groups Urged to Engage More in Educating Purchasers

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 07 Nov 2016    communications   
Consumer groups are being urged to shift their traditional role of advocacy, and engage more in education on the rights that purchasers of goods and services have. Making the call, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the organisations must refocus, as new markets, products and services through the Internet and other technologies create the potential for “large gaps” in consumer knowledge and understanding. In a speech read at the annual general meeting of the National Consumers League (NCL) by Director General in the Ministry, Vivian Brown, on...


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Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (c) raps with students from the Marcus Garvey Technical High School at the Re-launch of the National School Garden Programme, held at Mocho Primary School in Clarendon on October 29, 2016. Marcus Garvey Technical High School of St. Ann is one of 14 schools participating in phase one of the National School Garden Programme being spearheaded by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority in partnership with the Jamaica 4-H Clubs.

National School Garden Programme Relaunched

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 07 Nov 2016    communications   
The National School Garden Programme, aimed at establishing a garden in every school, was re-launched by the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Mocho Primary School in Clarendon on October 28. Speaking at the re-launch ceremony, Minister Hutchinson said a new feature of the programme will be the establishment of a breakfast programme in the schools. The school gardens will be used as demonstration plots for the training of farmers within the communities. They will also be used to make students aware of the...


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