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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda along with CEO, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, Liu Chaoya during a meeting with farmers of Westmoreland to discuss the illicit burning of sugar cane. The meeting was held at Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, Frome, Westmoreland, on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, flanked by Liu Chaoyu (left), chief executive officer of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, and Sun Y’ Dan, interpreter, following a tour of the Frome Sugar Factory in Westmoreland on January 12. At right is Shanice Brown, Minister Samuda’s assistant.

In an effort to stem the significant loss in income resulting from the burning of approximately 1,001 hectares of sugar cane since the start of 2017, Government will be launching a public education campaign aimed at highlighting the importance of protecting the sugar cane industry.
Speaking at a meeting with CEO of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company Liu Chaoyu and farmers at the Frome Sugar Company in Westmoreland on January 12, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, lamented the fact that to date there has been 169 illicit fires resulting in an over...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda says there is no indication of contamination in the samples of rice submitted by Member of Parliament for South East St. Ann, Lisa Hanna earlier this week.
Ms. Hanna submitted separate samples of cooked and uncooked rice to the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) on Wednesday, January 11 and Thursday, January 12.
Minister Samuda says both sets of samples were submitted to the Bureau of Standards Jamaica for thorough testing which revealed no evidence of plastic or unusual behavior in the...

The seed production capacity of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), which is operated at its facility at the Bodles Research Station in Old Harbour, was today (Wednesday, January 11) given a boost with the provision of equipment and materials valued at some $2.5 million.
The equipment and material were presented to the Ministry by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) as part of the Agricultural Policy Programme (APP) funded by the European Union (EU) and aimed at enhancing the national capacity to develop, multiply...