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09 November 2020

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), addresses the 83rd annual conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists (JAST), at the Sugar Industry Authority Conference Centre in Mandeville on November 5. At left is President, Michael Martin.

New board of SIA to be appointed before month end

Above Body

09 Nov 2020

A new board of the Sugar Industry Authority is expected to be appointed before month end.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green signalled that the first order of business for the new board will be to lead a review of the SIA.
“Discussions have started under the previous Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, so I expect within weeks we can pull together all the entities concerned for us to craft the best role of the SIA in this new phase of sugar,” he said.
The Minister was delivering the keynote address at the 83rd annual conference...