Ministry of Agriculture – Agriculture Month 2016 Programme Theme for Agriculture Month:-“Exploring New Production Frontiers: in pursuance of Climate Resilience.” Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 10:00 am National Tree Day @ Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation & Development /Launch of Agriculture Month/Interfaith Service-MoA /FAO

Sunday- 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday 8 2:00 pm MoA’s Radio Quizz 8:00 am Risk Mapping 8:00 am Risk Mapping 8:00 am Risk Mapping 9:00 am 8:00 am Carambola 10:00 am 1st on VoG-All Agencies Workshop (Suriname & Workshop (Suriname & Workshop (Suriname & Demonstration plot Fruit Fly sensitization Preliminary games Guyana-_MoA) @ MoA’s Guyana-_MoA) @ MoA’s Guyana MoA ) @ MoA’s on high density of Workshop in Lethem for Sports @ Boardroom Boardroom Boardroom –IICA plantain @ Lytown Region 9 IICA/NAREI National Park 8:00 pm GRDB TV Program IICA IICA Region 6. Contact C Tarmac.-MoA on NCN channel 11 GRDB 8:00 am – 8:00 am Farmers’ Chisolm on tel # 658- 10:00 am MoA’s Awareness 8:00 am –Ambulatory Ambulatory Services & Field School Session Session for farmers in Services & Community Community Outreach in 9739-NAREI on Ducking Region 9 @ St Ignatius Outreach in - Anna Regina- Region 2 Management @ Benab–All Agencies Region 2, WCD Region 2:00 pm MoA’s GLDA Compound- 3, Onverwagt Region 5 Awareness Session Mon Repos-GLDA 8:00 am Demonstration Plot Den Amstel WCD Region 3, and New Amsterdam for farmers in Region 9:00 am Mini on Organic production of Onverwagt Region 5 and Region,6-GLDA 4 @ Exhibition/Award citrus @ New Amsterdam Region,6- Primary School ECD- Ceremony @ Anna Region 2_NAREI GLDA 9:00 am School All Agencies Regina Sub-Office, Contact D Da Silva 0n 681- discussion & pictorial Region 2-GRDB 5705 9:00 am School discussion & display with agriculture

pictorial display with students @ West 9:00 am School Agricultural students @ St. Demerara Secondary discussion and Ross High School. G/T. School Region 3 NAREI pictorial display with NAREI agriculture students 9:00 am Demonstration from Multilateral 9:00 am plot on citrus orchard Region 10 Demonstration Plot on management @ NAREI Minica @ , Watooka, Region 10 Region 9 Contact Vitus Contact Ras Oselmo on 10:00 am Spencer on tel # 682-6973 tel # 658-7354 NAREI Commissioning of NAREI Climatological 9:00 am Visit of Station @ GSA 9:00 am Visit to Albion University of Guyana’s Hydromet Estate by Secondary school students to Albion Students –Guysuco Estate-Guysuco 10:00 am Visit to # 66 Coop Society @ # 10:00 am Lecture on 10:00 am Hydromet 66 Village Berbice- Drainage & Irrigation & Civil Open Day @ NWWC- Fisheries Dept Engineering @ GTI G/T- Hydromet NDIA 11:00 am Tour for New Amsterdam 10:00 am Open Day @ Technical Institute NGMC Packaging Facility – students to Pump Sophia-NGMC Stations, Eversham and Joppa) in Reg. # 6-NDIA

4:00 pm Preliminary games for cards & Domino-All Agencies

Sunday 9 Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14 Saturday 15 8:00 am Street Fair @ 8:00 am Demonstration 9:00 am Community 9:00 am MoA’s 9:00 am MoA’s 9:00 am- 8:00 am –Farmers’s Market-New GMC plot on spice facility @ Outreach @ Wales Awareness in Region 6 Awareness Session Demonstration plot Field School Session Region 1 . Contact Community Centre – for farmers @ Albion for farmers in Region on demo agri station & Ambulatory 1:00 pm West Berbice Sheep Faron Pearson on 654-7899 Guysuco Community Centre 7 @ RDC’s Office -All @ Two Miles Potaro Services in Anna & Goat Expo & Fair @ Rising @ Kumaka Extension Main Hall . All Agencies Agencies Rd. Reg. 7. Contact Regina- Region 2, Sun WCB-GLDA/FAO Centre-NAREI 9:00 pm Demonstration Trisha Williams @ Den Amstel WCD

Plot on Shade House 9:00 am Mini Exhibition NAREI-NAREI Region 3, Onverwagt 2:00 pm MoA’s Radio Quizz 10:00 am MoA’s Production @ Woodley @ Crane GRDB’s Sub- 9:00 am Region 5 and New on VoG-All Agencies Awareness Sessions for Park –Region 5 . Office, Region 3-GRDB Demonstration plot 9:00 am Tour of Amsterdam Schools in Region 2@ RDC’s Contact R Persaud on tel # on sigatoka demo GRDB Central Lab @ Region,6-GLDA Office Anna Regina-All 697-7171-NAREI 9:00 am MoA’s plot @ Hague GRDB Head Office- 5:00 pm- Farmers’ Agencies Awareness Session in Backdam-Region 3. GRDB 1:30 pm Mini Connection Program on NCN 10:00 am GMC/Marketing Region 6 @ Albion Contact Ameer Exhibition & River featuring Boerasirie Water 8:05 pm Program – Information Centre Open Sports Complex-All Ahamad on tel # 10:00 am Career Day Appreciation Day Conservancy,& NDIA Pump Pesticide in the Spotlight @ day @ Head Office Robb Agencies 679-2697 –NAREI @-Hydromet Office Speed boat Parade- Stations. Region 3-NDIA NCN(Focus on Agriculture street G/Town-NEW GMC Brickdam-Hydromet Charity Essequibo- Month) PTCCB 10:00 am Award 9:00 am Pesticide MoA/Ministry of Ceremony for Farmers 10:00 am Visit to Business Laboratory Open Day @ GRDB’s Crane Sub Pretipal Singh Tuna @ Pesticide Office –Region 3 -GRDB Plant @ Mc Doom, E 1:30 pm Belladrum Laboratory, Mon B D Coconut Fun Day @ 2:00 pm MoA’s Repos Pesticide -Fisheries Dept. Family Ties Awareness Session @ Supermarket Bath Community Centre 10:00 am Open Day 10:00 am Food Fiesta Ministry of Business Ground Region 5 –All for @ NGMC H/O- Agencies NGMC/IICA NAREI/GSA/GLDA/

10:00 am Open Day 1:00 pm NDIA for Fisheries Dept- @ Commissioning of Satyadeow Sawh Bagotville Sluice Aquaculture Statin, NDIA Mon Repos-Fisheries Dept

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Sunday 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Friday 21 Saturday 22 6:30 am Champion Coconut 9:00 am National Climate 10:00 am Visit to Carana 1:30 pm MoA ‘s 8:00 am Demonstration 8:30 am Coconut 9:00 am –Business of Walkathon @ Railway Forum @ Regency Hotel Aquaculture Farm @ Annual Coconut Cook Plot on tomato trials @ Summit- Coconuts-/ Embankment Rd.-Ministry of Hadfield St G/T -Hydromet Bushlot , West Berbice- Off Competition – Paramakatai/Kato International Festival Cont’d Business Fisheries Dept MoA/FAO /Ministry Region 8. Contact M Presenters @ Arthur @ Arthur Chung 9:00 am Tour for of Business @ MoA’s Richmond 0n tel # 220- Chung Conference Conference Centre 8:00 am Launch of “Lady Agriculture’s Staff to 5730 Centre 1:00 pm MoA’s Compound- Coco” Festival Monument @ Estate-Guysuco 5:00 pm Essequibo Arthur Chung Conference Awareness in Region 10 Vlissengen RD. 9:00 am Pepper 9:00 am Night @ Anna Centre. for farmers @ Egbert production /mulching Awareness/Sensitiza Regina-Region 2—All 10:00 am Tour for UG Benjamin Centre Mc @ Laluni, Region 4. tion session on Agencies 1:30 pm World Food Day students to EDWC/NRC- Kenzie Linden –All Contact Mr. Khadu on aromatic Rice- Celebration @ Central NDIA Agencies- tel # 767-5006-NAREI Collaborate with 8:00 pm Coconut Community private sector @ # 56 Festival Coco Splash Centre Ground @ 10:00 am Linden Coconut 9:30 am Co-op Society Seed Facility, Region @ Arthur Chung Mahaicony- MoA/FAO . Day @ Linden Bus Park- Training @ Regency 6 GRDB Conference Centre Ministry of Business Hotel. G/Town.- Fisheries Dept. 9:00 am Tour for 2:00 pm MoA’s Radio Quizz Secondary School on VoG-MoA 9:00 am State of the Students to Uitvlugt Coconut Industry Forum estate. Guysuco & Launch of National Coconut Development 9:00 am Mini Road Map @ Grand Exhibition @ # 56 Coastal Hotel Seed Facility, Region 6 GRDB

10:00 am Launching of 10:30 am Award GRDB’s Website @ Ceremony for MoA’s Boardroom. farmers @ # 56 Seed Facility Region 6- GRDB

5:00 pm Essequibo Night @ Anna Regina-Region 2—All Agencies

530 pm Official Opening of Coconut Festival @ Arthur Chung Conference Centre

Sunday 23 Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 Friday 28 Saturday 29 10:00 am Farmers’ Field Caribbean Week of Caribbean Week of Caribbean Week of Caribbean Week of Caribbean Week of 10 00 am Preliminary School Session on Swine Agriculture in Cayman Agriculture in Cayman Agriculture in Cayman Agriculture in Cayman Agriculture in games @ National Management @ Linden Island Islands Islands Islands Cayman Islands Park tarmac Watooka-GLDA 10:00 am MoA’s Awareness 9:00 am Pest Control 9:00 am Pesticide 9:00 am Pesticide 9:00 am GMC’S Session in Region 3 for operators, basic & Laboratory Open Day @ Awareness in Stakeholders 12:00 noon Coconut farmers @ Leonora Intermediate Graduation @ PTCCB’s Office, Mon Secondary School Networking Forum Festival Continues w. Community Centre WCD-All Impeccable Banquet Hall Repos. PTCCB (finals of the dramatic @ Arthur Chung Coconut Fashion @ Arthur Agencies Brickdam-PTCCB presentation) @ Convention Centre- Chung Conference Centre 10:00 am Training Cultural Centre or New GMC Session @ Packaging Theatre Guild. PTCCB 2:00 pm MoA’s Radio Quizz 10:00 am Training Session facility Parika-New on VoG-All Agencies @ Packaging facility Sophia- GMC 10:00 am Visit to NEW GMC Chris Jagdeo Farm 8:00 pm Launch of Pesticides 10:00 am Duckling Sale and Arjune Farm @ Awareness Week @ NCN- 5:00 pm Ambulatory @ GLDA’s Office, Anna- Marysburg and PTCCB Service & Community Regina, Region 2-GLDA Bloomfield, Outreach @ Canjie River- Corentyne. Fisheries 8:00 pm Coconut Award Berbice -GLDA Dept. Ceremony @ Arthur Chung Conference Centre 3:00 pm MMA Open 9:00 pm Coconut Festival Day @ MMA – Closing Reception @ Arthur Onverwagt.MMA Chung Conference Centre 4:00 pm Preliminary Games for cards & dominoes @ MoA’s Canteen

Sunday 30 Monday 31 2:00 pm MoA’s Radio Quizz on VoG-MoA

8:00 pm Public Education Programme on Guysuco challenges in the Industry on NCN-Guysuco