{"id":24218,"date":"2024-11-20T14:20:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24218"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:21:12","slug":"bishops-high-school-hosts-2nd-biennial-agriculture-business-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/bishops-high-school-hosts-2nd-biennial-agriculture-business-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishops High School Hosts 2nd Biennial Agriculture Business Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Agriculture Science Department at Bishops High School held its 2nd Biennial Agriculture Business Expo today, showcasing the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of students in the agricultural sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2022, the event introduced the department\u2019s own product, Wema, and has since become an important platform for students to explore and develop their business skills in agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Hackett and Kuvina Singh, founders of Wema, spoke about the significance of the expo in providing students with real-world exposure to business operations in agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students like Cameron Adams and Aaliyah Henry shared their experiences, highlighting the hands-on learning and the potential for turning farm produce into marketable products, including food and haircare products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams noted how the expo provides practical knowledge beyond traditional subjects like food and nutrition, while Henry emphasized the exposure and business opportunities it has brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture teacher Jane Rampersaud underscored the importance of teaching students not just theoretical knowledge, but practical skills that will serve them in the workforce, particularly as agriculture plays a key role in Guyana\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top-performing team at the expo will be given the chance to showcase their product at GuyExpo 2024, further boosting their exposure and growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, 2024 The Agriculture Science Department at Bishops High School held its 2nd Biennial Agriculture Business Expo today, showcasing the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of students in the agricultural&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24221,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24218\/revisions\/24221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}