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On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Minister Audley Shaw made his 2019 Sectoral Presentation titled, "On the Road to Prosperity...Growing Jamaica's Industries." Click here to read. 

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses cauliflower cultivation with Clavia McFarlane (right), lecturer of Science and Agronomy at Knockalva Polytechnic College, during a tour of displays at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 22, 2019. Others from left are Victor Wright, Deputy Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, and Glendon Harris, President of the St. James Association of Branch Societies.

 Did you know that MICAF's Public Gardens Division is responsible for the maintenance and development of three of Jamaica's Botanical Gardens and two Scenic Avenues? Did you know that Castleton Botanical Gardens is located in St Mary? Click HERE to read more.

The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries wishes to advise the public that the annual Close Season for spiny lobsters commences on April 1^st  and ends on June 30, 2019.

Did you know that MICAF's Public Gardens Division is responsible for the maintenance and development of three of Jamaica's Botanical Gardens and two Scenic Avenues? Click HERE to read more.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is calling on school administrators to embrace the opportunity to increase their use of bananas in the preparation of meals for students, which will provide more nutritious food for our children as well as reduce the country’s high import bill.

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), on behalf of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), is seeking investors with the financial capacity to purchase the commercial assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board (CIB) and to undertake the development, operation and management of these assets. http://www.micaf.gov.jm/sites/default/files/pdfs/Divestment_Assets_former_Cocoa_Board.pdf

Gillian Rowland (left), Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Caribbean, presents compact disc of conference presentations to the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the International Community Tourism Conference on November 13 at the University of the West Indies in St. St. Andrew. Others from left are Diana McIntyre-Pike, President/Founder Countrystyle Villages as Businesses and IIPT Caribbean President, and Dr. Louis D’Amore, International Institute for Peace through Tourism Founder.