Coconut Production Technology Training

The Ministry of Agriculture is hosting a one-day workshop today on Coconut Production Technology at the George Price Center in Belmopan.

 The objective of the workshop is to train farmers in good agricultural practices and integrated pest management in coconut production.  
The main stakeholders participating at this workshop are coconut producers, investors, Extension Officers and technical personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture.  Facilitators for the workshop are Dr. Campton Paul and Dr. Evans Ramikhelawan from the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI).
The workshop is being funded by the European Union (EU) through the Coconut Development Project for the Caribbean.  The implementing agencies are the International Trade Center (ITC) and CARDI in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture.  
It is expected that coconut producers will adopt improved agricultural practices and better control pests thus enabling them to increase production, productivity and quality.