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UTIA Student Study Tour to Jamaica
UT
and the University of the West
Indies, Jamaica
- 2004
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May, 2004 marked the first
student study tour to Jamaica, West Indies.
Based at the University of the West Indies, Mona
(Kingston) campus, the
tour of agricultural and other economic
enterprises exposed
the students to areas of
the Jamaican agricultural
sector including coffee, bananas,
beef cattle, vegetables, poultry, the
intricacies of bee keeping,
and aquaculture. In each case, they learned
about production and
marketing as well as the importance of each
enterprise to the economy
of Jamaica. They were also introduced to the
research capabilities of the
Ministry of Agriculture as well as the Caribbean
Agricultural Research Development Institute
(located on the campus of the
University of the West
Indies). Finally, they were introduced to various
aspects of the Jamaican culture and then
became "tourists" for a week-end
in Ocho Rios.
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Tuesday, May 18
Arrive and settle into housing on
the University of the West Indies Mona (Kingston)
campus. After dinner, presentations on Jamaican
geography, culture, and dialect. |
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Wednesday, May 19
Visit
the Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture, and Dr. R.
Harrison, Permanent Secretary. Tour the Ministry's
agricultural export facilities.
Tour the Caribbean
Agricultural Research Development Institute
Visit the Bob Marley Museum |
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Thursday, May 20
Tour
coffee testing, production and processing complex,
including the Mavis Bank facility in the Blue
Mountains. |
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Friday, May 21
Tour
vegetable farms |
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Saturday, May 22
Depart
for Port Antonio.
Stop at Castleton Botanical
Gardens on the way.
Tour College of Agriculture,
Science and Education in Portland.
Check into hotel: Match
Resort; walking tour near hotel
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Sunday, May 23
Frenchman's Cove beach, Portland. Visit to
Jerk Center.
Overnight in Port Antonio |
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Monday, May 24
Tour
banana production facility in St. Mary |
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Tuesday, May 25
Visit
Minard Estate, St. Ann to see beef cattle breeding
program. |
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Wednesday, May 26
Bodles
Agricultural Research Station.
Bammy food processing plant. |
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Thursday, May 27
Jamaican
Broiler industry in St. Catherine, including
processing plant, feed mill, and contract farmer.
Visit aquaculture farm. |
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Friday, May 28
Depart
for Ocho Rios, check into Renaissance Jamaica Grande
Hotel
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Saturday, May 29
The
beach. Plus a visit to nearby Dunn's River
Falls. |
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Sunday, May 30
Return to
U.W.I.
Evening: Attend
University Singers' concert on campus. |
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Monday, May 31
shopping,
sightseeing in Kingston.
Farewell dinner |
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Tuesday, June 1
Return to Knoxville. |
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