Opening ceremony of the 10th GFRAS Annual Meeting
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Hon Floyd Green (2nd left), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, along with Nigel Myrie (left), Chairman, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, listen keenly to Everton Parkes of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board during a tour of its booth on October 1, 2019. The occasion was the opening ceremony for the 10th Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services held in Negril, Jamaica, under the theme ‘Role of Advisory Services in Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management’.
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