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04 October 2018

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre) shares a light moment with Glenville Hall (left), Zonal Director, West and Peter Thompson CEO, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority at a stakeholders meeting to discuss the establishment of a Jamaican agricultural extension providers network held October 3, 2018 at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston.

RADA spearheads establishment of agricultural extension network

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 04 Oct 2018   

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed the establishment of the Jamaica country forum for an agricultural extension providers network, being spearheaded by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA).

The network, aimed at strengthening the provision of agricultural and rural advisory services in a coordinated manner will include participation from all stakeholder groups which provide these services.

Addressing the stakeholders meeting on Wednesday, October 3, Minister Shaw told participants that the provision of...

(From left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings, along with Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Group, Joanna Watkins; Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFA&FT), Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith; Minister of State, MFA&FT, Pearnel P. Charles Jr; and Permanent Secretary, MFA&FT, Marcia Gilbert-Roberts, at the launch of the National Foreign Trade Policy and Consultancy for The National Trade Information Portal at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, October 4, 2018. The MFA&FT and MICAF jointly launched the National Foreign Trade Policy and the Consultancy for Jamaica’s National Trade Information Portal Project as part of the country’s trade facilitation programme aimed at improving the ease of doing business in Jamaica.

Jamaica Trade Information Portal Project Launched

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 04 Oct 2018   

In a joint ceremony involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Government in a ceremony held at the Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Thursday, October 4, launched the National Trade Policy along with a consultancy for the development of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal, which is scheduled to go live in mid-2019.

The launch of both initiatives was described by Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, as “a step towards modernizing our trade...

Launch of the National Foreign Trade Policy and Consultancy for The National Trade Information Portal

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 04 Oct 2018   

(From left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Andrene Collings, along with Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Group, Joanna Watkins; Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFA&FT), Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, at the launch of the National Foreign Trade Policy and Consultancy for The National Trade Information Portal, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, October 4, 2018. The MFA&FT and MICAF jointly launched the National Foreign Trade...

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