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06 April 2017

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (right) preparing the soil to plant the Ministry’s Rose Apple tree. Assisting Mr. Wedderburn is Principal of Knox Community College, Rev. Gordon Cowans. Occasion was the Knox Community College 3rd annual Agri Expo, held at the Spalding Campus, on April 5, 2017.

Technology to drive the agricultural sector

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 06 Apr 2017   

One key priority of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is to continue to promote the use of technology as a critical tool in growing the agricultural sector.

This was stated by the Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn, who also stressed the importance of agriculture as a career choice for young people and introducing it in schools at an early age.

He said that including agricultural technology in school programmes was of critical importance since the application of...

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