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08 May 2018

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (right) in discussion with Chairman of the Coconut Industry Board, Christopher Gentles, at the annual coconut growers’ meeting held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on May 5.

Agriculture minister calls for expansion of coconut industry

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08 May 2018

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging coconut growers to “start the planting programme now” in order to rebuild Jamaica’s coconut industry and return it to, or even surpass peak production levels formerly attained.
“Our focus now,” Minister Shaw told the growers at their AGM held Saturday May 5 at the Jamaica Conference in downtown Kingston, “should now be squarely turned on demanding how we will move our coconut industry forward, given the noted increase in global demand.”
Lamenting the fact that while global demand for...