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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw has welcomed the release of the 2018 Jamaica Survey of Establishments (JSE) Report, noting that the data obtained will assist in informing Government’s decisions relating to businesses.
Speaking at the presentation of the report by the Planning Institute of Jamaica at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25, Minister Shaw noted that the vast majority of persons surveyed had not accessed loans targeted for their development, and encouraged the owners of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to embrace the...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, will meet with a team from the Harvard International Phytomedicines and Medical Cannabis Institute (IPI) to discuss assistance to Jamaica on how to become globally competitive in the cannabis industry.
The team is expected to arrive in the island from September 30 to October 2, and will conduct an “informational tour” of key facilities heavily involved in research related to cannabis and other medicinal plants.
“Through this partnership with Harvard IPI and the involvement, of course, of our own local...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will lead Jamaica's delegation to a series of CARICOM agriculture-related meetings being held in Belize City, Belize, from October 2 to 4, 2019.
The scheduled meetings are:
l. 81st Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Agriculture
II. Ninth Special Meeting of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Ministerial Council
III. Second Joint High level Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) & Central American...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has endorsed the introduction of a Pig Production Early Warning System and the establishment of the Pork Association, describing them as viable strategies to be explored by stakeholders to strengthen and expand the pork industry.
“The industry, like any other, has to be built on market-driven demand that takes into account local consumption, value-added supply to the tourism sector and to sustainable export markets,” said Dr. Roy McNeil, Chief Technical Director at MICAF, as he addressed stakeholders in the pig...

From left, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; Carol Coy, Director General, STATIN; and Joanna Watkins of the World Bank pose with a copy of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018 at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25, 2019.

From left, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, in dialogue at the Presentation of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018, held at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25, 2019. At right is James Stewart, Senior Director, PIOJ.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left), in discussion with Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Health Product, INC, Perry Antelman (right), at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 26. Others from left are Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship, Councillor Homer Davis, and Michael Gordon of ClorDiSys Solutions.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), is shown a ‘canna pod’ by Founder of Kreative Kush, Keri-Ann Evans, at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 26.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), views breadfruit products being shown to him by Author Andrea Whyte, at her book launch Breadfruit Recipes: Sweet and Savoury at the Institute of Jamaica, East Street, downtown Kingston, on Monday, September 23, 2019. Isle Bites Limited in collaboration with the Institute of Jamaica hosted the launch. The aim of the book is to educate and motivate consumers, as well as elevate the use of breadfruit.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), discusses breadfruit drink with Author Andrea Whyte (2nd right); her son Dr. Norman Whyte (right); and Deputy Director, Institute of Jamaica, Nicole Patrick-Shaw, at the Institute of Jamaica, East Street, downtown Kingston, on Monday, September 23, 2019. Isle Bites Limited in collaboration with the Institute of Jamaica hosted a book launch of Breadfruit Recipes: Sweet and Savoury by Andrea Whyte. The aim of the book is to educate and motivate consumers, as well as elevate the...