Professor Gerrit Hoogenboom presents Minister Shaw with a copy of the ‘Understanding Options for Agricultural Production’ book
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Pre-Eminent Scholar, University of Florida (USA), Prof. Gerrit Hoogenboom (left), presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with a copy of the ‘Understanding Options for Agricultural Production’ book, at the opening ceremony of the Advanced Crop Modelling Training Workshop, at the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Monday, July 23. As part of efforts to build climate resilience within the agricultural sector, the Department of Physics at UWI Mona and the Department of Food Production at UWI St. Augustine are conducting advanced training courses in crop modelling over the period July 23-27, 2018.
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