EUROPEAN UNION Banana Support Programme (EUBSP) will be hosting a workshop under the theme 'Agricultural Extension Methodology and Group Formation,' at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Passley Garden, Portland on January 6-11, 2003.
A total of 40 banana extension workers including extension officers from Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), CASE, the commodity boards as well as other agricultural interest groups will be participating in the workshop.
The overall objective of the workshop is "to further enhance and develop extension workers' capabilities in Jamaica by empowering them with the necessary extension tools, methodology, application and the latest developments in the fields of extension."
Veteran agricultural extension specialist and president of CASE, Hopeton Fraser will be the guest speaker, while Dr. David Dolly, head of the extension department at UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad, will head the list of distinguished resource persons who will conduct the training.
According to the workshop co-ordinator, Clifton Wilson, the EUBSP has recognised the need to have on-going training to develop its staff to select and utilise the most appropriate extension package under different situations.
Mr. Wilson further noted that the training was very critical in facilitating improved agricultural output. He further noted that the EUBSP has recognised the need to have on-going training in such a manner to develop its staff to select and utilise the most appropriate extension package under different situations.
"We consider this concern to be common in other sectors of agriculture and it is for this reason, we are inviting extension workers from RADA, CASE and the commodity groups to actively participate in this workshop," he added.
The European Union Banana Support Programme is being implemented by Banana Export Company (BECO) and sponsored by the European Union.
