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December 2024
 

Chief Plant Quarantine Officer of the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection (PQPI) Branch of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Sanniel Wilson-Graham (right) is in discussion with students of the Golden Valley Primary and Infant at a Botanical and Horticultural Seminar, at Hope Gardens in Kingston on January 31.

Jamaicans being encouraged to become stewards of the environment

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 04 Feb 2020    communications   
Jamaicans are being encouraged to become stewards of the environment by ensuring that the well-being of plants and animals are safeguarded. Chief Plant Quarantine Officer of the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Sanniel Wilson-Graham, informed that this is possible by aiding in the recovery of certain species and preventing other species from becoming at risk. “Each of us can and should play a part in protecting plants, which ensures protection of life,” she emphasised. Mrs. Wilson-Graham was speaking at the second...


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Hon Audley Shaw (4th right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, breaks ground for construction of the $109-million Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA)Hanover Parish Office along with (from left) Kelvin Hill, contractor of Morris Hill Ltd; Nigel Myrie, Chairman, RADA National Board; Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Dave Brown, Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover; Devon Brown, Chairman, RADA Hanover Parish Board; Member of Parliament Hanover Western, Ian Hayles; and Winston Simpson, Principal Director for Field Services & Operations, RADA, on January 29, 2020 at Haughton Court in Hanover.

Shaw breaks ground for new RADA Hanover office building

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 31 Jan 2020    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, broke ground for construction of a $109-million single storey building to house the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s (RADA) Hanover Parish Office in Haughton Court on January 29, 2020. The new facility will replace the old dilapidated building, which was demolished in 2017, and will enable improved operations for staff, and an extension of the services offered to the over 7,400 farmers in the parish. The second-largest producer of turmeric, a crop with increasing demand both locally and internationally,...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), responds to a question and answer session at the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s 15th Regional Investments & Capital Markets Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston on Wednesday, January 22, 2019. At left is President and Chief Executive Officer of Timeless Herbal Care, Courtney Betty.

Canadian medical cannabis company to cross-list on Jamaica Stock Exchange

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 27 Jan 2020    communications   
Canadian medical cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) company, Tree of Knowledge International (TOKI) is expected to be listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) in short order. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw informed that the “trailblazing” company is now in its final stages of cross-listing from the Canadian Stock Exchange to the JSE, which was labelled the world’s best-performing stock market. “This is exciting. It opens up a world of opportunities for the Jamaican Diaspora to now invest in our health and wellness in Jamaica. Tree of Knowledge has...


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

More Traditional Ganja Growers To Take Part In Alternative Development Programme

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 22 Jan 2020    communications   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says emphasis will be placed on increasing the number of community groups of traditional growers participating in the Alternative Development Programme. The programme aims to prevent and eliminate the illicit cultivation of ganja and channel the process through legal streams. The 1998 Action Plan, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, provides for the inclusion of such a programme through specifically designed rural development measures consistent with sustained national economic...


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Agriculture Ministry set to launch International Year of Plant Health

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 17 Jan 2020    communications   
In keeping with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) declaration of 2020 as the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) will launch local activities on January 22 at the Hope Botanical Gardens. The launch will also serve to raise awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment, and boost economic development. Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector at MICAF Sanniel Wilson-Graham, said it was necessary to commit to an entire...


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