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13 March 2017

Nigel Wright (right) displays Irish potatoes reaped from his farm in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, to (from left) Member of Parliament for South West St. Elizabeth, the Hon Floyd Green, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson; and Nelson Mandela, farmer, during a tour of his farm on March 10, 2017.

St. Elizabeth farmers quadruple cultivation of Irish potatoes

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 13 Mar 2017   

In response to Government’s target of achieving self-sufficiency in table Irish potato in 2017, farmers in St. Elizabeth have increased their cultivation of the staple with some 60 hectares planted in the December 2016 to January 2017 period.
Speaking at an Irish Potato Production Post Harvest Seminar and Study Tour in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, on March 10, Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, said that according to a Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) report the volume of Irish potatoes...

Irish Potato Production Post Seminar Study Tour

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 13 Mar 2017   

Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and farmers view demonstration of mechanical harvester reaping Irish potatoes at a farm in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, on March 10. Over 12 hectares of Irish potatoes were planted in Hounslow in the November 2016 to January 2017 period compared to none in the corresponding period of 2015 -2016.

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley.

JANAAC to Stage Regional Training Workshop

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 13 Mar 2017   

Mrs. Shirley noted that there are four pillars in the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) in Jamaica, which provide an important link to global trade, market access and export competitiveness that will be explored during the week.
“These include the adoption of internationally recognized and accepted metrology, accreditation, standardization and conformity assessment practices, which are one set of the mechanisms that will help the region to bridge the trade gap,” she outlined.
She noted recent discussions among local stakeholders about the balance of trade in the region, and...

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