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The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), has partnered with Newport-Fersan to supply 321 metric tonnes of Coffee-Lizer fertiliser to coffee farmers as part of its Productivity Incentive Programme.

Distribution of this newly formulated fertilizer is part of an $80-m grant provided by the Ministry to coffee farmers to include $13m for treatment of the coffee leaf rust disease, training and provision of small tools as the Government seeks to assist farmers to increase their productivity....

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers in Kingston on July 13. At centre is Norman Grant, chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association.

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Hedda Rose Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan Jamaica (NFJ); Gusland McCook, Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority; and Dennis Valdez, Managing Director, NFJ. The occasion was the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers at NFJ on July 13 in Kingston.

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens to Odia Bruce (2nd right), President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, at the Newport-Fersan Handover of Coffee-Lizer fertlizer on July 13 in Kingston. Also participating in the discussion (from left) are Michael Brooks and Leebert Williams, members of Hillside Coffee Growers.