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30 November 2016

Tour of Newport Fersan

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 30 Nov 2016   

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (1st left) on a visit at the Newport Fersan plant, Wherry Wharf, Kingston on November 30, 2016. Looking on (L-R) are Acting Permanent Secretary, MICAF, Mr. Reginald Budhan; Director General (MICAF), Mr. Don McGlashan and Managing Director, Newport Fersan, Mr. Dennis Valdez.

Minister Samuda Visits Newport Fersan

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 30 Nov 2016   

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) taking a close look at a bag of fertilizer while on tour of Newport Fersan on November 30, 2016. Assisting the Minister is Managing Director of Newport Fersan, Mr. Dennis Valdez.

United for Exports MOU Signing

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 30 Nov 2016   

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre) endorsing the United for Exports Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing with partnering agencies: Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), JAMPRO and Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. From left are: President, JEA, Michelle Chong; CEO, JBDC, Valrie Veira; President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards; and President, JMA, Metry Seaga.

SMEs to Benefit from Caribbean Entrepreneurial Asset and Commercialisation Project

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 30 Nov 2016   

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Caribbean region are to benefit from a technical cooperation project that will enable them to generate wealth from their intellectual entrepreneurial assets (IEA).
Dubbed the Regional Entrepreneurial Asset and Commercialization Hub (REACH), the project will provide capacity building, training and mentorship in technology commercialisation; creative industries intellectual asset management; and product branding value capturing.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Reginald...

President, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant (centre), admires a piece of pumpkin during the 13th Eat Jamaican Day exposition on the lawns of Devon House in Kingston, on November 25, 2016. Others (from left) are farmer Lascelles Simmond; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn; Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and 2016 National Farm Queen, Safiya Clennon.

Food-Import Bill Trending Down

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 30 Nov 2016   

Jamaica’s food import bill continues its downward trend, with data indicating that there was a 0.7 per cent reduction or US$2.4 million for the period January to May 2016.
This was noted by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, in a message read by Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Stephen Wedderburn, at the 13th anniversary of the Eat Jamaican Day exposition, on the lawns of Devon House, in Kingston, today (November 25).
He said informed that traditional domestic food export for the January to May period in 2016 was US$13.2...

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