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10 May 2017

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda addresses coconut growers in attendance at the Coconut Growers’ Annual General Meeting, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre on Saturday, May 06, 2017.

Commodity boards to be dissolved - Samuda

Above Body

10 May 2017

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda says that all the Commodity Boards under his portfolio are to be dissolved. These commodity boards will now fall under the ambit of the recently enacted Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA).

This Act seeks to establish a regulatory body that will span the Coconut Industry, the Coffee Industry, the Cocoa Industry and the Spices Industry, and it is hopeful that all the necessary preparations will be in place to allow for the Body to be inaugurated no later than July 01, 2017.

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