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Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, displays onion reaped from Dencon Foods JA Ltd 92-acre farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019 during a tour of the farm and post-harvesting and storage facility, which is currently under construction. Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm is a subsidiary of World Net, a micro lending agency.

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Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gary Dixon, Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at the RADA Manchester Open Day on March 22, 2019. The agriculture minister commended the Manchester farmers for being the highest domestic food crops producers in 2018 and encouraged them to plant more crops while assuring them that Government would provide the appropriate framework for the marketing of their produce.

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, reaps onion during a tour of the 92-acre onion field of Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm in Spring Plain, Clarendon, on March 21, 2019. Looking on (from left) are Sophia Francis-Richardson, Operations Manager, World Net; Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority; and Nicholas Duke, Vice-President, Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm. Dencon Foods JA Ltd Farm is a subsidiary of World Net, a micro lending agency.