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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has signalled his intention to collaborate with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) as well as the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) in his bid to lift agricultural production in the country.
The newly-appointed Minister made his declaration Easter Monday, April 2, as he addressed the patrons at the Annual Montpelier Agricultural Show in St James.
Outlining his new thrust for the sector, Minister Shaw declared, “we need all hands on deck and therefore, far from alienating the JAS, we need to embrace...

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture (MICAF), samples Irish potato punch and pudding made by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority along with (from left) the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, both of MICAF. At right is Camille Ambersely, Parish Officer at RADA. The occasion was the annual Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on Easter Monday, April 2.