CARICOM Team Travels to Cuba for Scientific Cooperation

Members of the Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) will travel to Cuba today, in search of opportunities for cooperation projects in those areas.

The delegation will be in the Caribbean island until Sept. 17, and is led by Professor Harold Ramkissoon, who is the director of the regional scientists network, CARISCIENCE.

According to the agenda, experts will meet with officials of the Cuban Ministries of Science and Agriculture, as well as visit the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and the Center of Molecular Immunology.

The purpose of those contacts is to seek ways to cooperate with those institutions, which are internationally recognized for producing products that benefit human health, agriculture and environment.