Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (centre), along with (from left) Principal Director-Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Marina Young; Senior Director, Agricultural Land Management Division, MICAF, Joan Brown Morrison; Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole; Managing Director, Newport Fersan, Dennis Valdez; Business Development Manager, Newport Fersan, Hedda Rose Pitter; and Director, Special Projects, MICAF, Yolando Gibson, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The meeting discussed developments in the agricultural sector, focusing on crops such as pineapple, hot peppers, onion, Irish potatoes, ginger and yam as well as opportunities for further cooperation between the Ministry and Newport Fersan.
