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World Veterinary Day (WVD) is celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April. It is a day when the essential work performed by veterinarians around the world is celebrated and promoted. Created by the World Veterinary Association in 2000, WVD reminds us of the importance of animal health care and how veterinarians from various fields and their teams can help.
The Ministry of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries salutes our veterinarians, especially those at the Veterinary Services Division. Our veterinarians help to safeguard our animal population and by extension the...

Gersham Brooks (left), President of the Summer Hill Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, discusses his 27-lb eddo with the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 22, 2019. Others from left are Owen Dobson, 2nd vice-president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Glendon Harris, President of the St. James Association of Branch Societies, and Victor Wright, Deputy Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture.

Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents prize to Hyacinth Thorpe, President of the Kensington Jamaica Agricultural Society, Champion Branch for St. James. The presentation was made at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 22, 2019. Sharing in the occasion from left are Member of Parliament for St. James Southern, Hon Derrick Kellier; Owen Dobson, 2nd Vice-President, Jamaica Agricultural Society, and Deputy Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Victor Wright.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at the launch of Intellectual Property (IP) Week 2019, at JAMPRO’s Business Auditorium, Trafalgar Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, April 23. Seated at the head table is Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy. JIPO is observing IP Week from April 23-28, under the theme ‘IP and Sports Reach for Gold’. IP Week is Jamaica’s celebrations surrounding World Intellectual Property Day (April 26) observed by JIPO’s international partner, the World...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy, at the launch of Intellectual Property (IP) Week 2019, at JAMPRO’s Business Auditorium, Trafalgar Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, April 23. JIPO is observing IP Week from April 23-28, under the theme ‘IP and Sports Reach for Gold’. IP Week is Jamaica’s celebrations surrounding World Intellectual Property Day (April 26) observed by JIPO’s international partner, the World Intellectual...

Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses atop a cow on display at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 22, 2019.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw (left) views goat on display at the 33rd staging of the St. Mary Agri-Expo held at Gray’s Inn Sports Complex, Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on April 22, 2019. Looking on is Member of Parliament, South Eastern St. Mary, Dr. Norman Dunn.