DoA helps ‘feed the nation’, governor says
Director Estwick presents Governor Roper with a basket of agricultural produce 
(L-R) Senior Veterinary Officer Dr Larry Caven, Deputy CO Wilbur Welcome, Assistant Director Brian Crichlow, Director of Agriculture Adrian Estwick, the governor and Agronomist Claudette McKenzie-Bowen 
Lab Assistant Noel Smith Jr provides an overview of Lab activities 
Governor Roper with (L-R) Agriculture Assistant-Extension Oral James, Assistant Director Brian Crichlow, Director of Agriculture Adrian Estwick, Financial Administrator Veronica Mutuva, Senior Veterinary Officer Dr Larry Caven, Agronomist Claudette McKenzie-Bowen and Plant Protection Officer Matthew Castle 
Governor Roper and DoA Director Adrian Estwick 
(L-R) Accounts Officer Leannie Douglas, the governor, Accounts Officer Joset Dell and Financial Administrator Veronica Mutava 
Governor Roper with Animal Control Officer II Ezra Hewitt, Senior Animal Welfare Officer Erik Bodden and Animal Control Officer II Anthony Martin 
Governor Roper with Abbattoir Supervisor Lincoln Ricketts 
Agronomist Claudette McKenzie-Bowen walks Governor Roper through the plant nursery
(CNS Local Life): Governor Martyn Roper said the Department of Agriculture (DoA) played “an important role in providing local farmers with the tools which will enable them to feed the nation”, following a tour of the department last month. Noting that agriculture was “a crucial part of our livelihood in the Cayman Islands”, Roper said he was impressed with the work done at the DoA “and the commitment and passion of the staff”.
He was accompanied on the tour by Wilbur Welcome, the deputy chief officer at the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as Director of Agriculture Adrian Estwick, Assistant Director Brian Crichlow, Senior Veterinary Officer Dr Larry Caven and Financial Administrator Veronica Mutuva.
The tour included the DoA administrative offices, laboratory, abattoir, plant nursery, animal rescue shelter, sales warehouse, veterinary clinic, orchard, compost section, and the recently completed post harvest building.
At the end of the tour, Estwick presented the governor with a basket of local agricultural produce. He said, “I am glad that we had the opportunity to provide Governor Roper with an understanding of some of what we do here at the Department of Agriculture.”
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