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Workshop brings together farmers and government

A workshop has been held as part of government moves to build partnerships for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI).

The Ministry of Agriculture kicked off its BAMSI outreach programme with the workshop at the ministry on East Bay Street on Monday.

This workshop is the first of several meetings geared at forging partnerships between the government and those within the industries of agriculture and marine resources.

The centerpiece of the programme is the tutorial commercial farm located on North Andros.

During the workshop, experts in the field of agriculture presented perspectives to the working group on the selected islands of Abaco, Eleuthera, South Andros and Grand Bahama.

Some of the topics discussed during the workshop were small ruminants production, crop scheduling, the role of the tutorial farm, programme logistics and marine enterprises and activities.

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