Twelve Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) staff are currently undergoing an internship at the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) in Costa Rica, focused on sustainable animal production.
The internship began on June 17 and according to a release from the authority, the training will focus on beef and dairy cattle, swine and sheep/goat production, farm management, monitoring and evaluation of performance for different production activities and biometrics, as well as topics related to the use of participatory methods for research and learning in the Farmers Field School approach, among others.
Under the technical programme, made possible through collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) and the Inter-American Development Bank funder, Sustainable Agricultural Development programme (SADP), the participants will also be exposed to information about small dairy cooperatives and organisations and biotechnology applications, and will conduct research in strategic topics for the agricultural sector, such as sustainable livestock production and value chains, the release said.
