Secondary schools ‘cassava craze’ stole the show at Caribbean Week of Agriculture

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Two Paramakatoi students and their teacher pose with FAO’s Angela Alleyne (second from right) while displaying their cassava delight at the Convention Centre
Two Paramakatoi students and their teacher pose with FAO’s Angela Alleyne (second from right) while displaying their cassava delight at the Convention Centre

Just over two weeks ago the culinary skills of the Food and Nutrition students at several of the country’s secondary schools combined to offer audiences from across the region one of the more attractive

presentations among the many unveiled in the forecourt of the National Convention Centre as part of Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2013, held from October 4-12.

The aim of Caribbean Week of Agriculture is to place farming and rural life on the ‘front burner’ of the wider Caribbean