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The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) today hosted a meeting with industry stakeholders to ascertain concerns and to discuss strategies to safeguard businesses against the background of the potential threat of the COVID-19 disease .
Among the issues discussed at the meeting, held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices on March 5, 2020, was the availability of supplies for manufacturers, the need to guard against hoarding and price increases as well as the need to ramp up production.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister of State at MICAF, Hon Floyd...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Floyd Green (right), along with (from left) Attorney-at-Law, MICAF, Indra S. Vincent; Minister Counsellor, United Republic of Tanzania, Frank Mhina; Professor at the University of the West Indies, Ishenkumba Kahwa; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Monique Gibbs; High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. Emmanuel John Nchimbi, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Matters discussed included how Jamaica and Tanzania...

Dunstan Whittingham, President of the Jamaica Vendors, Higglers and Markets Association, speaking at a COVID-19 consultation meeting with industry stakeholders on March 5, 2020, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries ’ Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 5, 2020. Others from left are Damion Rowe of the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch, Imega Breese McNab, Executive Director, and Richard Pandohie, President, both of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Issues discussed at the meeting, included the availability of supplies...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (left), addressing industry stakeholders at a COVID-19 consultation meeting on March 5, 2020, held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew. At right is the Hon. Floyd Green, Minister of State at MICAF. Issues discussed at the meeting, included the availability of supplies for manufacturers, the need to guard against hoarding and price increases as well as the need to ramp up production in relation to food security.