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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 5TH JULY, 2015
MOU forThe UWI and Yucatan Center
The UWI St Augustine Campus
and the Yucatan Center of
Scientific Research (CICY) signed a MOU (Memorandum
of Understanding) in mid-June at the start of the
In Vitro
Clonal Propagation of Tropical Plants Training Course.
In his remarks, Campus Principal Sankat said, “This
MOU goes further than a symbolic demonstration of our
commitment to cooperate and collaborate. As important as
this is, today’s signing also symbolizes the strengthening of
relations and partnerships between our two institutions for
the benefit of national and regional development.”
The Yucatan Center of Scientific Research generates
scientific and technological knowledge in the areas of plant
biochemistry and renewable energy among other areas
in order to contribute to sustainable development of the
region. The cooperation between The UWI St. Augustine
Campus and the Yucatan Center of Scientific Research in
clonal propagation of tropical plants will help to scale up
production of our agricultural produce andwill help to boost
of commercialization efforts in agriculture throughout the
region, and therefore advance the sustainable development
of the Caribbean.
The Principal said that taking into consideration that
The UWI is in the process of establishing an Agricultural
Innovation Park in Trinity, Orange Grove on 200 acres of
land, this research will indeed be useful as technology is
needed to demonstrate productivity in agriculture can be
improved, and must be improved.
The following dignitaries were also present for the
occasion: Dean of the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, Dr.
Isaac Bekele; Ambassador of the United Mexican States,
Your Excellency Mario Eugenio Arriola Woog; IICA
Representative in Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Gregg Rawlins;
Director General, Yucatan Center for Scientific Research
(CICY), Mr. Lorenzo Felipe Sanchez Teyer; Advisor,
Technology Transfer, Yucatan Center for Scientific Research
(CICY), Dr. Carlos Guillermo Borroto Nordelo.
The Yucatan Center of Scientific Research generates scientific and
technological knowledge in the areas of plant biochemistry and renewable energy
among other areas in order to contribute to sustainable development of the region.
OUR CAMPUS
Members of the head table attentively listening to presentations
Dignitaries display the actual signed MOU that concluded the short formal session
