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Agri-Hack Talent Competition – Media Release

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‘Team Agri-Info’ – Students of Success Laventille Composite and St George’s College win Trinidad-leg of AgriHack Talent Competition

September 14, 2014:- Friday 12th September, 2014 saw the awarding of four students of the Success Laventille Composite and St George’s College with the winning prize for the Trinidad leg of the Regional AgriHack Competition 마도조사 애니 다운로드. The Form Four students Kris Adams, Mikaeel Andrews, Nicholai Rajkumar and Jairaj Singh call themselves ‘Team Agri-Info’. They were also adjudged the People’s Choice along with ‘Team Agriology’ – a group of all girl students of Success Laventille Composite School Direct x 9.

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‘A marriage between agriculture and ICT’ is how the Chairman of the Community HUB Corporation, Atiba Phillips described the competition. A student at the event, speaking about the experience said ‘agriculture is cool … I am thinking about studying agri-science because of this’ Download Queen of Snow2. Dr. Arlington Chesney, CARDI’s Executive Director spoke on the issue of the true value of agriculture stating that ‘in agriculture, we need to have a new set of skills’; assuring the excited students that they have a ‘regional partner in CARDI’ 루저스 다운로드. All competing students were commended for their spirit of camaraderie and for embracing the opportunity presented.

The other competing teams were ‘Team AgriTech’ with students of the University of Trinidad and Tobago and the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT); and Team Bishop Centenary 윈도우 8 iso 파일.

The Competition’s main partners are Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), and

Microsoft; with Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and CGA sponsors Arita's Aritaum. The Competition was hosted by Community HUB Corporation.

Competitions have already been held in Suriname by host Telesur Multimedia Innovation Laboratory on August 23rd, 2014 Java7. Five (5) more will be held in the countries of Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica and St Kitts.

Attending the Award Ceremony were Ms. Frances Correira, Microsoft; Mr. Philippe Agostini, CGA; Mr. Gregg Rawlins, Representative, IICA; Ms. Lisa Martinez, FAO; Ms. Gia Gaspard-Taylor, President, Network of Rural Women Producers (NRWP); and supporting teachers and parents.

The Trinidad and Tobago winners ‘Team Agri-Info’ will move on to the regional finals that will be held during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, scheduled for October 6th – 12th, 2014 in Suriname, where they will compete for seed grants amounting to approximately TT$42,000, TT$33,500 and TT$25,000 for the first, second and third overall positions respectively. There will also be post competition incubation and business support to the winning teams for a period of six months.

The Community HUB Corporation (the “HUB”) (www.mycommunityhub.org)., registered as a non-profit organization in 2009, is an innovative social enterprise, with a global vision for change through the development of youth and communities, by leveraging Information and Communications Technologies ICTs).