Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Government, the Hon. V. Alfred Gray welcomes participants in the BAMSI outreach program held at the ministry’s headquarters on East Bay Street on Monday, 10th March 2014. (BIS Photo/Elcott Coleby)

Nassau, Bahamas - The Ministry of Agriculture kicked off its BAMSI outreach program with a workshop at the Ministry on East Bay Street on Monday, 10th March 2014.

This workshop is the first of several meetings that will form part of BAMSI’s outreach program geared at forging a sustainable and mutually beneficial partnership between the government and key stakeholders within the industries of Agriculture and Marine Resources. The center piece around which this outreach program is being built is the autonomous corporate body, the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) and 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 commercial farm in North Andros, Program Logistics and Marine Enterprises and Activities.

Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. V. Alfred Gray and BAIC Chairman the Hon. Arnold Forbes brought brief remarks.

Participants, including private commercial farmers, senior government officials and agricultural experts, participated in the first of several workshops that is part of BAMSI’s outreach program geared at forging a sustainable and mutually beneficial partnership with industry stakeholders. The workshop was held at the ministry’s headquarters on East Bay Street on Monday, 10th March 2014.(BIS Photo/Elcott Coleby)