ADB lends support to Belle Garden Anglican Primary School
On March 8, 2023, the Agricultural Development Bank – Tobago Branch Manager, Mrs. Shelé Johnson-Edwards, and her team visited the Belle Garden Anglican Primary School to be a part of the school’s Agricultural Science project themed ‘Money in the Mud: Agriculture as a Business’. The project required the students, with the guidance of their teachers, to be involved in the cultivation of a crop from seedling to harvest. The project will culminate with a Farmer’s Market which will be hosted at the school on March 31st, 2023 to highlight the and sell the product and/or products that each class produced. The Agricultural Development Bank was approached by the school to partner with them in this schoolwide initiative. The Bank was pleased to assist by contributing self-watering grow boxes and potting soil/Promix towards the agri-project. In addition, and as part of the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility, the Tobago Branch Manager, and her team visited the school to lend support to the students and their project and to share information on the different careers associated with the agriculture sector while encouraging the students to explore this important field as a viable business.
Capacity Building Training Seminar for Tobago Farmers
ADB’s Tobago Branch Office in collaboration with the Argyle United Farmers Development Group (AUFDG) hosted a two-day Capacity Building training seminar for Tobago farmers on January 19-20, 2023 at the Belle Garden Multi-Purpose Facility, Tobago. This initiative provided an interactive forum where approximately fifty (50) participants gained consequential knowledge through topics presented by personnel of the ADB and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. Topics included, Succession Planning, Praedial Larceny, Debt Collection, Climate Change, Conflict Resolution, Money Laundering, Basic Fundamentals of Marketing, Recording Keeping Management and Quality Control/Procurement. Secretary for Food Security, Natural Resources, the Environment and Sustainable Development, Assemblyman Nathisha Charles-Pantin delivered the Feature Address at the Opening Ceremony. Participants were presented with certificates at the end of the 2-day seminar. Further training sessions are being considered as we continue to work together to help develop the Agriculture Sector.