One Year In Government - Prime Minister Andrew Holness

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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017
SECTION H
Our aims and objectives are:
• Identifying investments in agriculture through
research, information gathering and packaging of
investment possibilities and opportunities
• Promoting and facilitating investments through col-
laboration with other agencies and Ministries of
Government
• Working with investors to identify investment oppor-
tunities and assist them with translating their ideas
into viable and sustainable projects
• Influencing other stakeholders to create a friendly
and hospitable climate for agricultural investment
• Mobilising funding to support investment opportuni-
ties in agriculture
• Providing access to government-owned agricultural
lands and facilities
• Managing selected physical facilities which enhance
the agricultural value chain
Our services cover the entire
investment chain from:
• The identification of opportunities through feasibility
studies
• Project Development
• Fund Mobilisation
• Project Management
• Management of state-owned assets
• Long-term business performance monitoring and the
provision of technical support
Some of our major achievements
for the year are:
• Collaborated to facilitate new agricultural develop-
ment to the tune of US$41 milion
• Seven (7) Agro Parks under operation covering
2,711 hectares of land
• 1,537 hectares of land having access to water, an
increase of 86.2 per cent over previous year
• Employment created for 1,639 individuals
• Eight large private investors committing over $160
million of new investment in 2016
• Estimated $212M of produce sold to local and
export markets
• Over five hundred (500) farmers engaged across
Agro Parks
• Youth in Agriculture being facilitated to receive 100
acres of land in the Spring Plain Agro Park
AGRO-INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
The Agro-Invest is the business facilitation arm of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) with
overall responsibility for agri-business facilitation, management of strategic assets and projects in the agricultural
sector.
AMC Complex, 188 Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11
P.O. Box 144, Jamaica, West Indies.
Telephone: 764-8071, 923-9268, 923-0086, 923-9261 Fax: 758-7160
Email: HYPERLINK "mailto
Web: HYPERLINK "www.agroinvest.gov.jm
PRIME MINISTER
Andrew Holness is the head
of government. He has spent
more than 20 years in politics. But
how much do you know about
him? Here are 10 things
about the
prime minis-
ter that you
may not
have
known.
10
Writes his own
computer
programmes
9
Designed and
built his own
house
8
A gadget
addict
7
First car
was an old
Ford Escort
6
DOES NOT
enjoy flying
5
Used to run an
average 20
miles per week
4
Is usually the last
person to leave
the office
3
Goes to bed
between
3 and 4 a.m.
2
Mostly
reads
the
papers
online
1
LOVES
cow cod
soup