Tobago gets upgraded Agri-Technology Training Centre

The THA’s Division of Food Security, Natural Resources, the Environment and Sustainable Development hosted the official handover ceremony for the newly upgraded Agri-Technology Training Centre in Buccoo on Monday (June 16).
A press release from the division noted that the building was officially handed over to Tobago Agri-Technology Services Limited (TAGS), the company responsible for delivering cutting-edge training and innovation to local producers.
“Once known as the Tobago Fisheries Training Centre, the facility has now been revived and transformed into a modern training hub that will serve stakeholders across many sectors including agriculture, fisheries, and forestry,” it said. 
The event also included the presentation of Letters of Intent to a group of farmers under the Division’s Mega-Farming Development Programme, who will receive training at the upgraded centre and become some of the first occupants of the Friendship Agro-park, a soon-to-be-developed collaborative farming space aimed at increasing Tobago’s food security and self-sufficiency.
The release said that in her address, Secretary Nathisha Charles-Pantin shared the vision through TAGS of teaching the science of farming, the technology of production, and sustainability practices essential in this new era of climate change, rising costs, and global uncertainty.
It added that Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, who was also in attendance, praised the progress being made in the sector and expressed his support for the Division’s direction.
(Source:  The Loop, June 16, 2025)