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Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, met with Suriname’s First Gentleman, H.E. Glenn Geerlings, who is the President of the Board for the Stichting University of Science and Green Technology International Research for Innovation and Development (Stichting UNASAT) to discuss advances made in Guyana’s agriculture sector.
During the meeting, Minister Mustapha highlighted the tremendous progress Guyana has made over the last five years in expanding its agriculture sector. He pointed to significant investments in new and traditional crops, agro-processing, and aquaculture, and expressed Guyana’s readiness to collaborate with institutions to promote knowledge transfers in technology-driven agricultural techniques.
H.E. Geerlings said that it was important to integrate technology into agriculture to remain competitive and grasp the interest of the younger generation.
He noted that several of Guyana’s agriculture-related initiatives and programmes being offered at institutes like the Guyana School of Agriculture, could be successfully replicated in Suriname.
Both officials pledged to continue dialogue through the appropriate channels with the hopes of developing knowledge sharing initiatives through educational institutions like Stichting UNASAT Suriname and the Guyana School of Agriculture.
