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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has issued a call for more authentic Jamaican craft products to be available in the island’s hotels and at least one of the island’s airports.
The Minister issued this call at the official opening of the Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store at Devon House in Kingston on Wednesday, August 22.
Minister Shaw lamented the decline in the Jamaican craft industry and welcomed initiatives such as the Ministry of Tourism’s artisan villages and the launch of the Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store among the...

Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addressing farmers in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas, at an agricultural development stakeholders’ forum, held on August 21. Others from left are Bevene Martin-Dickenson, parish manager; and Dwight Forrester, marketing extension officer, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.

Coffee farmer, Faylin Greenleaf, speaking at the Agricultural Development Stakeholders’ Forum held at the Church of God of Prophecy in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas, on August 21. Coffee is one of several crops produced by the farmers on approximately 285 hectares in the Cedar Valley Extension Area in St. Thomas.

Kadian Francis, Parish Manager of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs in St. Thomas addressing farmers in Richmond Gap during an agricultural development stakeholders forum on August 21. Other agencies participating in the forum included the Social Development Commission and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). Seated from left are Bevene Martin-Dickenson, RADA parish manager; Charles Stewart, Chairman, RADA Parish Advisory Board and the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.