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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, says Government is devising ways to allocate lands and to encourage farmers to produce bamboo in an orderly and organised manner in support of the demand for the expansion of the value chain.
The development of the bamboo industry, the minister said, provides another opportunity for Jamaica to continue to maintain its profile as an innovation-based agro-industrial destination.
Speaking at the inaugural Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium on November 27,...

Beverley Singh of Superchard & Sons Furnishing Co. Ltd presents bamboo clock manufactured by the company to Prof Lu Wenming, Deputy Director General of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation in China, during a tour of the factory in White Marl, St. Catherine, on November 29. Others from left are Adana Berhe, General Manager, Adal Industrial P.L.C in Ethiopia, and Superchard Singh, director, Superchard & Sons Furnishing Co. Ltd. The tour was organised as part of the symposium, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston November 27-28 under the theme ’...

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (3rd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views bamboo products on display at Bamboo Jamaica along with delegates of the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium during a tour of the factory on November 29, 2018. The tour was organised as part of the symposium, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on November 27-28 under the theme ’Bamboo: An Economic High Value Chain Resource for the Caribbean’ with over 200 delegates in attendance.