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Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown observing the Wet Extraction Process for Cassava Starch being displayed at the 2017 Regional Starch Conference held at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Regional Headquarters, Mona, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. At left is Senior Quality Analyst – Local Raw Materials, Red Stripe Limited, Tayna Kemble-Darby. The two-day conference scheduled for March 23-24 was organized by the Bureau of standards Jamaica (BSJ) under the theme: “Indigenous Caribbean Starch Products: Back to the Future.”

Customer Service Representative, National Baking Company Limited, Sandra Beckford offering sample of the company’s 5% cassava bread to Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown at the 2017 Regional Starch Conference held at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The two-day conference scheduled for March 23-24 was organised by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) under the theme: Indigenous Caribbean Starch Products: Back to the Future.”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) greeting Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw on arrival at the official launch of the Irish Potato programme in Malton, Manchester on Friday, March 24, 2017.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Karl Samuda, has said that in order to achieve the goal of 100% self-sufficiency in Irish potato production the Government will be calling on young people to assist with the planting of seedlings on an additional 300 acres of land that will be brought into production.
Speaking at the launch of the National Irish Potato Programme 2016-2017 at Malton in Manchester on March 24, Minister Samuda said, “We cannot reach that goal of 100% unless we can supply the seedlings on a timely basis. We have to develop our own planting...

The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries wishes to advise the public that the annual Close Season for spiny lobsters commences on April 1 and ends on June 30, 2017.

The Fisheries Division wishes to further remind the public that new Regulations governing the Close Season for spiny lobsters are in effect. These Regulations stipulate that any person or entity planning to have spiny lobsters/spiny lobster parts or products either for storage, sale or other purposes during the Close Season must take note of the following provisions:...