Sep 13, 2007
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture regularly organizes the China-Latin America Training Workshop on Agricultural Investment and Cooperation. The Opening Ceremony started at 9:30 AM, on September6, 2007, at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Mr. Cao Haijun, Director of International Cooperation Affairs, made a welcome address and Mr. Lu Xiaoping, Deputy General of International Cooperation Affairs, gave a brief introduction of Chinese agricultural development and explained China's agricultural status and its major policy measures. 9 persons attended from The Bahamas, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Guyana. The training course ran from September 5 to 14, in Beijing, Xiamen and Yantai, in Shandong province.
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From left to right are Mr. Edward Knowles; Ms Fiona Han of Bahamas Embassy in Beijing; Mr. Henry Duncombe; Mr. Shawn Miller.
Three Bahamian farmers attended the training program. They were Mr. Edward Knowles from Long Island, Mr. Henry Arthur Duncombe from Grand Bahama and Mr. Shawn Ricardo Miller from Nassau. During the ceremony, Mr. Knowles proposed that the biggest problem existing in Bahamian agriculture was the shortage of labour. Most Bahamians from the rural areas went to the city to seek jobs. Mr. Knowles asked if the Chinese Government had any solution to this problem. Mr. Lu answered that China still did not have a good solution but that several were being considered.