The New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI), as part of a pilot project to offer eight courses, on Friday commissioned a simulator room to complement the delivery of its Agricultural Machinery programme.
The commissioning ceremony also saw seven lecturers attached to the Agricultural Machinery department being officially certified to use the equipment. The initiative was made possible through the collaboration of NATI, Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) and World University Service of Canada (WUSC).
Pierre Giroux, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana in giving brief remarks at the commissioning said “this is a great opportunity in which the institution would increase its capacity to better serve the changing demand in the market environment in which we work”. Giroux noted that agriculture, particularly in developing countries, is still an important part of their gross domestic product and as such, what his government hopes to achieve “is really help the Caribbean to not only increase their food security and create economic growth, but also generate economic opportunities”.
