Lacey Roberts (left) and Gladys Walter, graduate assistants from Texas A&M University’s Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications in the US, marvel at the Chaconia, national flower of Trinidad and Tobago while The UWI St Augustine Faculty of Food and Agriculture’s (FFA’s) Sir Frank Stockdale Building provides the backdrop. Lacey and Gladys were members of an international contingent of 120 people visiting the campus as part of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education’s (AIAEE) 35th Annual Conference. Held from April 1 to 4 at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port of Spain, the conference brought together educators, researchers and students under the theme “Linking, Innovating, Motivating, and Engaging for Resilient Agricultural Systems”.
Regionally and internationally, the FFA is widely considered a crucial institution for research, education and ideas in food and agriculture. The Faculty also recently held its techAGRI Expo 2019 (click here), an exhibition that showcases the advanced technologies and practices in food production, potential business opportunities available in the sector and the entrepreneurs making it happen, and the resources for sustainable and healthy farming.
PHOTO: ANEEL KARIM
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