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31 March 2017

Dermon Spence (right), Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents a plaque to outstanding young farmer Shawn Cooke at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority Portland Parish Office 11th Annual Open Day held at Folly Oval in Portland on March 29.

Banana, plantain production increase in 2016

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 31 Mar 2017   

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, said that Jamaica’s production of plantain and banana in 2016 increased by 13.1% and 8%, respectively, while noting that there is need for increased productivity in order to meet the huge export demand.
Mr. Spence, who was representing Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Karl Samuda, was speaking at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s 11th Annual Open Day, for Portland, held at Folly Oval on March 29.
He noted that despite the...

Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the opening ceremony of the 15th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on March 30. At right is the outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum Denzil Roberts. Participants in the two-day forum include heads of national fisheries authorities from the 17 member states of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, observers and partner agencies.

Samuda wants measurable targets for expansion of fisheries industry

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 31 Mar 2017   

The establishment of measurable targets, greater use of technology, value-added and innovation are among the strategies Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda has identified as strategies for the sustainable growth and expansion of the fisheries sector in the Caribbean.
Speaking at the 15th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in Kingston Thursday (March 30), Minister Samuda urged the heads of fisheries authorities from the 17 member states of the Caribbean Region Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) to collaborate to solve the various challenges confronting...

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