The Head of the Science Department at the North Union Secondary School, Renson Humphrey, has highlighted the importance of agriculture in the future of science and national development.

Humphrey was speaking to the Agency for Public Information (API) during the school’s recently held Science Fair, which aimed to spark student interest in the wide range of careers available in science-related fields.

He pointed to the school’s strong focus on agriculture, noting that it remains a vital part of both the curriculum and the national conversation around sustainability and innovation.

Humphrey also explained that the fair was a great opportunity for students to see how science, technology, and farming go hand in hand.

"We at the school here are bigger on agriculture and agriculture is the way forward and agro -processing as well seems to be something that is big because we are normally exporting the raw materials and have to then buy by-products of that raw material. We are training our students to be able to produce from what they have been making in the fields. Now we are in the age of IT AI and we normally say science and technology and we basically focus on the technology part and not including the science and there is a lot of technologies that are used in courses and organizations such as agriculture; because to get the pumps working you have to program them to release the water at a particular time..."

SOURCE: National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC Radio)