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December 2024
 

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries(MICAF), consults with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, at the National Irish Potato Stakeholders’ Seminar, held at Devon, Manchester, on April 26. At left is Alvin Murray, Senior Agricultural Coordinator, PROPEL/WUSC Caribbean.

Minister Shaw commends Irish potato farmers

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 30 Apr 2018    communications   
Manchester farmers produced 70% of the Irish potatoes reaped in Jamaica for the 2017-2018 season which have earned them the praises of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, who addressed them at the National Irish Potato Stakeholders’ Seminar in Devon, Manchester, on April 26. For the July 2017-September 2018 season, some 900 hectares of Irish potato have been planted and 14 million lbs. harvested to date. “Our mission must be to produce enough Irish potato to satisfy the local market as well as export to other Caribbean countries, Minister Shaw said.”...


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Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses with the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Boy and Girl of the Year, Shanique Dawkins from Clarendon and Rovani Scott of Hanover, along with Dr. Ronald Blake (right), Executive Director, and Colin Virgo, director; both of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, at the National Achievement Expo on April 27 at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. The Boy and Girl of the Year received $1 million from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Shaw urges 4-H clubbites to pursue excellence

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 30 Apr 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging the country’s over 104,000 4-H Club members to pursue excellence and to make a difference in all they do. “Don’t let anybody tamper with your ambition,” the Minister told the young people, as he addressed them at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo held Friday, April 27 at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. Minister Shaw, who himself had been a National 4-H Club President, congratulated the movement for the 17% growth in membership over the past three years. This, he said, made the Jamaica...


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Jamaica Director, The Nature Conservancy, Donna Oniss Blake (left), presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with an orchid plant, at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Horticultural Society (JHS) Flower Show, held under the theme, “Nature’s Beauty – Our Duty”, at the JHS Show Grounds, Hope Pastures, Kingston, on Friday, April 27, 2018.

Great opportunities for Jamaica’s horticultural industry- Minister Shaw

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 30 Apr 2018    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw says that there are tremendous opportunities to be gained from the horticultural industry in Jamaica. According to Minister Shaw Jamaica has the potential to turn the horticultural industry and flowers into a great export commodity. “We must seek to isolate a number of our flowers that are unique to Jamaica and turn them into an industrial export commodity so that we can really create jobs, earn some great profit and also some well needed foreign exchange”, the Minister stated. Minister Shaw was speaking at the opening...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI), Barton Clarke; Principal Research Director, Bodles Research Station, Dr. Lisa Myers-Morgan; CARDI representative for Jamaica, Dr. Gregory Robins; and Senior Climate Change Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Gerard Alleng. The occasion was the signing of an MOU between MICAF and CARDI for the refurbishing of the Bodles’ seed laboratory and storage facility, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Agri Ministry and CARDI sign MoU for refurbishing of seed storage facility

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 26 Apr 2018    communications   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the refurbishing of the seed storage facility at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station in St. Catherine. The facility will house the seeds of climate resilient crop varieties for Jamaica and the Caribbean region. This was announced on April 25, by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw at the signing ceremony at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices. Under the MoU, the...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd right), cuts ribbon to officially open the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) and Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) Expo, held at the National Arena on Thursday, April 20, 2018. The expo is being jointly staged by the JMA/JEA in collaboration with JAMPRO, under the theme ‘Advancing Breakthoughs’. Others (from left) are Executive Director, JMA, Imega Breeze McNab; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; Chairman, Corporate Strategies Limited, Aubyn Hill; President, JEA, Michelle Chong; President, JMA, Metry Seaga; and CEO, Digicel Jamaica, Justin Morin.

MSMEs to benefit from the establishment of a micro stock exchange

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 20 Apr 2018    communications   
The micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) are set to benefit from the establishment of a Micro Stock Exchange. This will allow MSMEs to obtain funds to support the growth and expansion of their businesses. This was announced by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw in his keynote address at the launch of the 46th staging of Expo Jamaica 2018 at the National Indoor Sports Centre on April 19. According to Minister Shaw, the Micro Stock Exchange is a smaller exchange that will target companies for capitalization of between $5 million and $50...


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