The program provides the support students need to meet today’s standards.
The Ministries of Agriculture and Education continue efforts to bolster agriculture programs within secondary schools.
Agriculture Extension Supervisor for Region Four, Paul Francis, said the Ministry of Agriculture plays a significant role in providing schools with the assistance and guidance needed to make each agriculture project and program a success.
“Some of the schools have greenhouses and are involved in vegetable production. So because we have a schools’ agriculture component as far as our program is concerned, the officers sit down with the agriculture teacher and together we try to incorporate [ideas] to meet the needs of the schools.
“For example, with the greenhouses, we assist the schools in the areas of crop husbandry or agronomic practices. We also assist them technically with lectures and discussions at the schools, and we include them in other programs like tours because the idea is to disseminate information that is appropriate.”
Francis said the program provides the support and backing students need to meet today’s standards.
“The children are the future: they will become the next supervisor, next extension officer, next chief extension officer.”
The extension office in Region Four is situated in Micoud and serves approximately 1000 farmers within Micoud and the surrounding environs.
