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06 September 2019

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) outgoing Country Manager Galina Sotirova; Country Director for Caribbean countries, Tahseen Sayed; new Resident Representative Ozan Sevimli; and Operations Manager Kathryn Funk, all of the World Bank, during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Friday, September 6, 2019.

Agriculture Minister eager to work with new World Bank Country Representative

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 06 Sep 2019   

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is eager to work with the new World Bank Country Representative to Jamaica, Ozan Sevimli to advance the country’s agriculture sector.
Among the projects that will assist in this regard is the implementation of the second phase of the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI II) and the Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project.
“I am looking forward to working with the World Bank…the World Bank (and others) all give us low cost loans for critical growth...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), along with (from left) CEO, Zimmer and Company, T’Shura Gibbs; President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards; Founder of CanEx Jamaica, Douglas Gordon; and President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell, at the media launch of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo at the Spanish Court Hotel, Worthington Avenue, New Kingston on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. The CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo will take place September 26-28 and is regarded as the preeminent cannabis conference in the Caribbean and Latin America. The event will feature advanced content on the regulatory legal investment and global medicinal landscape from experts from over 30 countries.

Minister Shaw endorses CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo

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 06 Sep 2019   

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has endorsed the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo to be held September 26-28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

He notes that the hosting of the conference is an important feature in educating Jamaicans about the real opportunities available in the cannabis industry that is taking off across the world.

“I think the hosting of this conference comes at an appropriate time when we are on a learning curve. This event is an important feature for all of us because, as...

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