Eighty-six gain diplomas, certificates in agriculture, animal and veterinary health, forestry and agro-processing

From left: Chief Executive Officer of the GSA Gavindra Ramnarain, Chairman of the Board of Governors of GSA Dhaneshwar Deonarine and Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha at the graduation ceremony

Eighty-six students have graduated from the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) with diplomas and certificates in Agriculture, Animal Health, Veterinary Public Health, Forestry and Agro-processing. The recent graduation ceremony at the Plant Science Building, GSA, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara coincided with the 60th anniversary of the founding of GSA.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, who attended the graduation ceremony, congratulated the new graduates on their milestone and described them as the future on whom the agriculture sector rests. He pronounced the young graduates as the kind of human resource the country needs: young men and women who possess an interest in agriculture and now enjoy the skills to improve the sector.