ST. KITTS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS WITH CARDI FOR REPORT WRITING CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP

Basseterre, Saint Kitts, May 23, 2025 (MOA):

In an effort to strengthen staff’s capacity in technical and administrative documentation, the Department of Agriculture, St. Kitts, in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), commenced a two-day Report Writing Training Workshop on Wednesday, 20 May 2025, in the department’s Large Conference Room.

The primary objective of the training is to enhance the professional competencies of departmental staff in technical and administrative report writing. Emphasis was being placed on the development of clear, concise, and structured documentation skills that support policy-making, project implementation, and stakeholder communication within the agricultural sector.

Facilitated by Denise Besai, Outreach and Communication Coordinator for CARDI, the workshop featured modules that integrate regional best practices and sector-specific methodologies tailored to the operational context of agricultural institutions.

In a brief interview with the Agriculture Ministry’s Media Unit, Besai explained why report writing training sessions are critical to the sector. She said, “Information communicated in these reports are absolutely important and critical for the decision-makers because, based on what the reports present, they can use this information to make decisions for the sector and the direction that the sector goes in. Also, where we have financing available from government and donors, it is important to show value for money and the impact that this financing has on the ground and the benefits that are translated to farmers and beneficiaries. So that is why, in a nutshell, this training was important.”

Participants engaged in both theoretical and practical exercises aimed at improving their capacity to produce high-quality reports for diverse institutional and stakeholder audiences.

This training initiative, which concluded on Thursday, 22 May, is a reflection of the Department’s ongoing commitment to institutional capacity building and the continuous professional development of its human resources. It further exemplifies the collaborative relationship between national agricultural agencies and regional allied institutions such as CARDI, which play a pivotal role in fostering agricultural research, innovation, and sustainable development across the Caribbean.