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Shaun Baugh (right), Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses irrigation equipment with Burrell Scarlett, General Manager of Evergrow Garden Center at the Evergrow-K Rain irrigation seminar titled ‘Irrigation – Design, Installation, Operation & Maintenance’, held at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine on July 5. At left is Gui Azambuja, International Sales Manager, K Rain Manufacturing Corporation.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has welcomed the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO’s) focus on climate change, agriculture and food security at its 40th Session of the FAO Conference now underway in Rome, Italy.
Minister Samuda, who was delivering an address to the Conference in Rome on Wednesday, said it is important that the organization continues to pursue climate change adaptation strategies for agriculture.
The Agriculture Minister said small island developing states, such as Jamaica, continue to be hit...

Chairman, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Kent Gammon, speaking at a media briefing to update the country on the new sugar standards, CAC’s performance, annual textbook survey, agricultural prices, bad gas, banking code and World Consumer Rights Day, held at the offices of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) in New Kingston, on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Seated from left are Chief Executive Officer, CAC, Dolsie Allen; and Director, Commerce Division (MICAF), Michelle Parkins.