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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), along with Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Sector, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (back left), during a tour of the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon, on Friday, March 31, 2017.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, cuts ribbon to the Holland Primary School Garden in St. Elizabeth on March 31 at the launch of the School Breakfast Programme. Others, from left, are Simone Doctor, principal of Holland Primary School; Lola Marshall-Williams, chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Elizabeth Parish Advisory Board; and Genille Atallah, chairman of the RADA National Advisory Board.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda greeting students of Devon All-Age School upon arrival at the official launch of the National Irish Potato Programme in Malton, Manchester, on Friday, March 24, 2017.

Government has lifted the temporary ban on corned beef imported from Brazil.
This announcement was made by the Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hope Gardens offices in Kingston today (April 4).
“We have been able to establish that the sources of Brazilian corned beef imported into Jamaica were not compromised and so we are now in a position to resume importation of corned beef from Brazil, said Minister Samuda.”
Minister Samuda stated that...

Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, has reiterated his belief that the agriculture sector will make a significant contribution to Government’s growth agenda.

The Minister who was speaking at the AMCHAM Jamaica Breakfast Forum, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday March 31, 2017, noted that figures already indicate that the agriculture sector has grown by 12.6 per cent for 2016.

He further added that he had made a declaration at the Denbigh Agricultural Show that the Ministry of Agriculture alone will contribute 3% of the 5% that...