A tree for life
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Audley Shaw (left), and student of Christiana High School in Manchester, Vanessa Plummer, plant a lychee treeduring this year's World Food Day National Exhibition, at the institution last Friday. The event was staged by the ministry, in collaboration with the United Nations Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO), to mark the day being officially observed on October 16 under the theme 'Our Actions are Our Future: Healthy Diets for a #ZeroHungerWorld'. This year's celebrations are aimed at heightening public awareness about the importance of healthy diets. Other participants include (from second left): FAOrepresentative for Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas Dr Crispim Moreira; Custos for Manchester Garfield Green; Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dermon Spence; RuralAgricultural Development Authority (RADA) chief executive officer, Peter Thompson; and a representative of RADA. (Photo: JIS)
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October 15, 2019

A tree for life

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Audley Shaw (left), and student of Christiana High School in Manchester, Vanessa Plummer, plant a lychee tree

during this year’s World Food Day National Exhibition, at the institution last Friday. The event was staged by the ministry, in collaboration with the United Nations Food

and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to mark the day being officially observed on October 16 under the theme ‘Our Actions are Our Future: Healthy Diets for a #ZeroHunger

World’. This year’s celebrations are aimed at heightening public awareness about the importance of healthy diets. Other participants include (from second left): FAO

representative for Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas Dr Crispim Moreira; Custos for Manchester Garfield Green; Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dermon Spence; Rural

Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) chief executive officer, Peter Thompson; and a representative of RADA. (Photo: JIS)

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