AGRONOMY technician at The University of the West Indies’ Department of Food Production Rayard Khan is boosting interest in the agricultural sector through a hands-on training programme.
He said over the past eight to ten weeks, first-year students pursuing the bachelor’s in agriculture, agribusiness, the university diploma in agriculture (UDA) and the university certificate in agriculture (UCA) programmes at the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The UWI, St Augustine Campus, have been engaged in an intensive practical skills-training programme at the University Field Station (UFS).
