Shaw to hand over seed bank at Bodles
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw (left) addressing a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the ministry and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) for the refurbishing of the Bodles Research Station's seed laboratory and storage facility on April 25 at the ministry, in New Kingston.
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October 21, 2019

Shaw to hand over seed bank at Bodles

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw is scheduled to hand over the refurbished Seed Bank facilities during a ceremony at Bodles Research Station in St Catherine tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23.

According to the ministry, the project was part of the Inter-American Development Bank’s Investment Plan for the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience, which is being carried out over a five-year period from 2015-2020.

The ministry said at the seed bank, climate-resilient crop varieties are identified, preserved, and stored.

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