Abishek Chand
AG and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Picture: JONA KONATACI
The Fijian Government in conjunction with the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji is reviewing the fees and charges under the regulation to directly address the ease of doing business for services provided by BAF.
This was announced by the Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum during the national budget address last week Friday.
He said a change for the Rapid Risk Analysis of Pathways (RAP) had been introduced to improve the timeline of market access by the importer.
“New products from existing pathways will be easy to import through the introduction of RAP,” said Mr Sayed-Khaiyum.
MS. RESHMI KUMARI APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRPERSON OF SUGAR CANE GROWERS COUNCIL
15/01/2021
The Board and Management of the Sugar Cane Growers Council (‘Council’) are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Reshmi Kumari as the new Chairperson of the Council with effect from January1, 2021. Ms. Kumari’s appointment was made by the Prime Minister and Minister of the Sugar Industry pursuant to the Sugar Industry Act 1984.
Ms. Kumari being the first female amongst the five industry institutions to take up the Chairperson role, brings a wealth of experience and strategic vision to her role of leadership to oversee the planning, designing and implementation of plans and strategic actions to benefit cane growers in Fiji. She holds positions of increasing responsibility and complexity, as Director for Policy, Planning and Research at the Ministry of Sugar Industry and concurrently serving as Board member of the Sugar Research Institute of Fiji, Biosecurity Authority Fiji and Foo