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Agriculture Internship for Pacific and Carribbean Students on UOG - Students from the Carribbean and Pacific Converge on UOG for Agriculture Internship: Guam - College Students United States Virgin Islands, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia on the campus of the University of Guam on June 23, participants in a three and the formation of a Summer week in half CariPac Consortium, a program through which all institutions of the grant of land in the Caribbean and the Pacific to collaborate and share information on innovation, agricultural research and applications.

"Students participate in a series of field observations and hands on labs where you can observe and learn about agricultural enterprises and activities found on Guam, said Dr. Prem Singh, a faculty member CariPac UOG and Internship Program Coordinator.

Students visit a variety of parks, including the Department of Agriculture's organic farm aquaponics facility Triton Watson vegetable or fruit farm uses a drip irrigation system and fertigation on a farm scale, and uses many innovations in operation, the farm maize Wusting Ernie does not use any method, to produce soil erosion reduced corn and increased soil depth, Quan coconut farm offers fresh coconut drinks for the tourism industry and life Hydroponic lettuce farming and local nurseries to learn the business aspects and the production of modern agribusiness.

They will also visit ecotourism facility Hamamoto Fruit World to observe, how to combine tourism, ecology, vegetables and fruits, and post-harvest processing to develop a business. (@ agriculture commodities)