Partners of the Americas Farmer to Farmer programme is hosting a two-week training session with Professor Dr Robin Brumfield, a farm financial management specialist at Rutgers University, to boost the operations of hydroponic shadehouse vegetable growers in Guyana.
According to a Partners of the Americas press release, Dr Brumfield will visit from May 16 to May 30 and will work with hydroponic shadehouse vegetable operators from the IDB-financed Hydroponic Shadehouse Vegetable Production and Marketing Project. She will share her expertise with shadehouse operators through a combination of field visits and classroom training for growers in regions two, three and four. The training is designed to expose growers and project staff to vegetable cost analysis,