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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has reassured dairy farmers of Government’s commitment to stimulate growth and development of the dairy industry.
Stating that Jamaica produces only 50% of the milk that we consume, the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister expressed the desire to see milk production restored to the high levels experienced in the 1990s.
“With all the land we have in Jamaica, we should be self-sufficient in milk and we should be exporting processed and even fresh milk,” the Minister said.
He was...

Hon Floyd Green (2nd right), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), views demonstration of 50-kg silo press and packer along with Minister Audley Shaw (3rd right) at a handover ceremony held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 14, 2019. The machine was donated by the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change Project, through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board, and funded by the USAID.

Hon Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the handover ceremony at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 14, 2019 for a 50-tonne silo press and packer machine donated by the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Project, through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board, and funded by the USAID. Seated from left are Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw, Maxine Brown, Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, and Dr. Lisa Myers Morgan, Principal Research...

Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the handover ceremony at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on March 14, 2019 for a 50-tonne silo press and packer machine donated by the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Project, through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board, and funded by the USAID. Seated from left are Maxine Brown, Livestock Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, and Dr. Lisa Myers Morgan, Principal Research Director- Research and Development Division, Ministry of...