Experts from China are holding a four-week course for local technicians in the agriculture sector on areas such as cassava production.
A release yesterday from the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) said that the planting technology course is being offered by the Ministry of Commerce, China through the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China here in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to the release, specialised lecturers in the field of cassava and vegetables; sugar and rice have arrived from China to offer their expertise to employees of NAREI; the Guyana Rice Development Board, the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the University of Guyana.