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December 2024
 

Project manager, Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI), Opal White (left); and private sector development specialist, World Bank, Elaine Tinsley (right), show director general in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, a clutch bag (among other items) made by Superior Craft and More, owned and operated by a collective of 16 blind Jamaicans, under the SEBI programme. The occasion was the Social Enterprise 101 Business Model seminar at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

Industry Ministry says social enterprises critical for growth

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 08 Jun 2017    communications   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown, says that social enterprises in Jamaica are now becoming critical agents for growth and development. Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social objectives, and whose surpluses are reinvested in their business or the community. Their primary mission is to solve social, economic or environmental problems at community or national level through effective and ethical business practices. They have the dual responsibility of creating social value and ensuring financial viability...


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Galina Sotirova (right), World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, cuts ribbon for the St. Mary Multi-Purpose Cooperative Cold Storage Facility in Iterboreale, St. Mary, on Friday, May 26. Others from left are Winston Simpson, principal director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority; Dr Winston Green, Member of Parliament, South East St Mary; Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Althea McFarlane, marketing officer at the St. Mary Multi-purpose Cooperative; and Dwight Ricketts, Senior Field Operations Manager, Jamaica Social Investment Fund. Funded by the World Bank to the tune of over $19.5m, the project is aimed at increasing the quality and volume of products sold by the farmers and was carried out in partnership with JSIF, RADA, and the St. Mary Multi-Purpose Cooperative.

Stanberry lauds completion of St. Mary cold storage facility

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 29 May 2017    communications   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry had high praises for the St. Mary Multi-purpose Cooperative Cold Storage Facility, noting that it represented part of the consummation of the marriage between industry and commerce and agriculture and fisheries. Speaking at the handover of the multi-purpose cold storage facility in Iterboreale, St. Mary, on Friday, May 26, Stanberry said that production would increase if farmers were properly organised and incentivised and were assured of having more facilities like the St Mary cold storage...


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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry and president, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson sign a Memorandum of Understanding between MICAF and the SBAJ at the launch of the Inaugural Caribbean MSME Conference, held at the Spanish Court hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Seated at Mr. Stanberry’s left is chief executive officer, RJR Gleaner Communications Group, Gary Allen and standing at back (from left) are assistant general manager, Jamaica National Limited, Leon Mitchell; project coordinator, Jamaica Venture Capital Fund, DBJ, Audrey Richards; and director, SBAJ, Garnett Reid.

Real statistics needed on the MSME sector- Stanberry

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 27 May 2017    communications   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry says that there is a need for real statistics on the MSME sector as data is now being garnered from tax rolls and all kinds of proxies. “I think that one of the urgent imperatives of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is to provide that mechanism where we can, in fact, have statistics on this important sector. How many people are involved, what are they involved in, what kind of employment they are creating, how are they contributing to the Gross Domestic Product...


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RADA issues advisory to Irish potato farmers

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 19 May 2017    communications   
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is alerting Irish potato farmers to take precautionary measures to protect their crops in the wake of the recent torrential rainfall. In a release today ( May 19), RADA advised as follows: A trough influencing the weather conditions across the entire island has resulted in a high level of rainfall. Due to prolonged hours of wetness, conditions for rapid development and spread of fungal and bacterial diseases on Irish potato are highly favourable. Irish potato farmers are being advised to be vigilant and take immediate steps in protecting...


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Hedda Pitter, Business Development Manager at Newport-Fersan, presents samples of its Potato-Lizer Starta and Finisha fertilizers, which are custom designed for the cultivation of Irish potatoes, to the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at a meeting with farmers in Devon, Manchester, on May 17. At right is Member of Parliament for North East Manchester, the Hon. Audley Shaw.

Gov’t to launch pepper programme in Manchester

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 18 May 2017    communications   
Using the model of the National Irish Potato Programme, Government will soon be rolling out a Scotch bonnet pepper programme utilising greenhouses in Devon, Manchester. Addressing Irish potato farmers at a meeting held in Devon on Wednesday, May 17, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, said the greenhouses would be used to produce seedlings. This Scotch bonnet programme, Minister Hutchinson said, will be similar to the National Irish Potato Programme in that farmers will receive seedlings and other inputs upfront,...


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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