Under the Jamaica Business Fund (JBF) grant program, supported by the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Government of Jamaica, and the World Bank, participating supply chain members benefit from capacity building initiatives among other things. These initiatives include workshops or in field training sessions, and have been a common feature of project of implementation. Featured below are site visits to Sandals Foundation supply chain member, Frazer’s Ceramics, other anchor firms such as Unicomer for their business strategy workshop, Caribbean Broilers, Spur Tree Spices for in field training and crop inspection, along with Jamaica Coffee Corporation’s agronomic training session with coffee farmers.

From left to right: Maxine Harris, Consultant Project Manager, Sandals Foundation, Headley Frazer, CEO, Frazer’s Ceramics, Latoya Lewis, Grant Project Manager, Jamaica Business Fund and Christine Reid, Operations Director, Frazer’s Ceramics, displaying designs.

New Product Designs following Ceramics Training

Designs seen here, after training on mould design and colour scheme planning from two independent consultants under the JBF supported Sandals Artisanal project.

New Product Designs following Ceramics Training

Support was also provided by the artisanal coordinator from Sandals Foundation. A common feature for all products, is that they are hand crafted and developed specifically for the local tourist / craft market. A walk through of the general production process flow was also completed. In attendance was Headley Frazer- Owner, Christine Reid- Production Manager, Maxine Harris- Consultant Project Manager – Sandals Foundation and, Grant Project Manager (JBF) Latoya Lewis.

Unicomer Jamaica Limited, hosted international consultant Anthony Breslin, who made presentations and conducted site visits to several participants. They benefitted further from work flow design for their workshop spaces; advice on inventory, pricing and managing orders. Through the interaction with the international consultant, several supply chain members were able to procure external export orders.

Anthony Breslin centre, Furniture Consultant, speaks to a room of local furniture manufacturers on January 16, 2019.

International Furniture Consultant, Anthony Breslin presents to Unicomer Jamaica Supply Chain Members.

Onion field inspection of Mr. Carlton Fearon, beneficiary of Caribbean Broilers Group JBF Onion Project at Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine. His field is being inspected by Mr. Don McGlashan, Agronomist and Operations Manager, Imagination Farm and Mr. Roshane Williams, Field Assistant.

Hot peppers in the field showing the use of corn as a border crop for integrated pest management for the Spur Tree Spices Supply Chain project.

Training on hot pepper production by Agronomist, Luke Lee for the beneficiaries of the Spur Tree Spices project.

Onion field is being inspected by Mr. Don McGlashan, Agronomist and Operations Manager, Imagination Farms.

Onion field showing pepper plants increased planting density introduced as a result of the JBF project for Spur Tree Spices Ltd.