Issued by the University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service. Extension 
programs and policies are consistent with federal and state laws and regulations on non-
discrimination regarding race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, 
political beliefs or gender preference.
Kwame Garcia, Sr., State Director
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Noon - 6:00 P.M.
University of the Virgin Islands
Albert A. Sheen Campus
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
 “Social Protection and Agriculture-Breaking the Cycle 
of Rural Poverty.”
Sponsored by
UVI Cooperative Extension Service
in partnership with
UVI Agricultural Experiment Station
V. I.  Department of Agriculture
W
orld Food Day is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness 
and  understanding and provoke year-around action to alleviate 
hunger. It is observed each October 16th in recognition of the 
founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 
1945. The Food and Agriculture Organization is the lead agency of the United 
Nations’ system for technical assistance, research, and policy-making in world 
agriculture, fishing, forestry, and rural development. The first World Food Day 
was observed in 1981. In the United States, the endeavor is sponsored by 450 
national private voluntary organizations. World Food day is celebrated in 150 
nations.
The objectives of World Food Day are to:
• 
Encourage increasing agricultural food production and to stimulate 
national, bilateral, transnational, and non-governmental initiatives 
to this end.
• 
Catapult economic and technical coordination among developing 
nations.
World Food Day
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Master of Ceremonies
Kofi Boateng, Associate Director
UVI Cooperative Extension Service
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
10: 30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.		
4-H Youth “Super Chef”  Competition
(UVI REC Room 134)	 	
2:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.	
	
Soursop: A Tropical Delight
(UVI Great Hall)	
	
Caryl Johnson, Ed.D.	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Extension Program Supervisor -4-H/F&CS	
	
	
	
	
	
UVI Cooperative Extension Service
2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.	
	
Tour of AES Research Facilities
2:00 p.m. - until	
	
Distribution of Seedlings
1:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	
	
4-H Youth “Super Chef" Competition
(UVI REC Room 134)	 	
	
	
	
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	
	
 Soursop"Blast” Competition
(UVI REC Room 133)	 	
(Open to the public)
	
	
2:35 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	
	
Annona (Soursop Family) Production
(UVI Great Hall)	
	
Errol Chichester
	
	
	
	
Assistant Commissioner
	
	
	
	
V.I. Department of Agriculture	
	
3:10 p.m. - 3:35p.m.	
	
Okra Production 
(UVI Great Hall)	
	
Donald Bailey
	
	
	
	
Research Specialist III	 	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
UVI Agricultural Experiment Station
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	
	
Tour of AES Research Facilities
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
3:50 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	
	
Goat Production
	
	
	
	
Stuart Weiss, Ph.D.	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Research Assistant Professor
	
	
	
	
UVI Agricultural Experiment Station
4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.	
	
“House of CANs” Competition
(Tent)	 	
	
	
(4-H/ Youth Activity)	
4:30 p.m.	
	
	
4-H Youth "Super Chef" Awards
	
	
(UVI Great Hall)
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 	
OPENING PROGRAM
	
	
	
National Anthem/VI March
	
	
	
Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra
Prayer.............................................................McKayla Collins	
	
	
	
   	
	
                                            4-H Military Youth
	
	
	
	
	
	
Welcome.......................................................  Kwame Garcia, Sr., State Director
	
	
	
                              UVI Cooperative Extension Service
	
Remarks.........................................................Robert Godfrey, Ph.D., Director
	
	
	
                               UVI Agricultural Experiment Station
	
	
	
	
	
     Camille A.  McKayle, Ph.D., Provost
	
	
	
                               University of the Virgin Islands
	
	
	
	
	
   
 The Honorable Sammuel Sanes, Senator
	
	
	
	
	
    31st Legislature, U.S. Virgin Islands
	
	
	
	
	
    
The Honorable Stacey Plaskett	
	
	
	
	
     	
	
	
    USVI	 Delegate to Congress
	
	
	
	
    
	
	
	
	
	
   
 Carlos Robles, Commissioner
	
	
	
	
	
    V.I. Department of Agriculture
	
	
	
	
	
    
The Honorable Kenneth E. Mapp
	
	
	
	
	
    Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands
Presentation of Food Items............................4-H Youth Ambassadors
Entertainment
Noon - 1:00 p.m. & 3 :30 - 6 p.m.	
DJ Porter
1:00 p.m. -  3:00 p.m.	
	
	
Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra
3:00 p.m. -  3:30 p.m.	
	
	
St. Croix Martial Arts Center
3:30 p.m. -  4:00 p.m.	
	
	
Ay Ay Cultural Dance Company
4:00 p.m. -  4:30 p.m.	
	
	
Guardians of Culture Moko Jumbies
***Food Drive***
(Donated food products will be collected under the tent)
2:00 p.m. ***Hunger Fair Educational Display***
Closing Prayer................................................Marthious Clavier, Extension Specialist
(UVI Great Hall)
Participating Sponsors
Plaza Extra West
Rotary Mid-Isle
A heartfelt thank you to the following individuals 
for assisting us with the judging of the 4-H Youth 
“Super Chef ” Competition and the Soursop "Blast” 
Competition.
Yoland Browne
Raymond Matthew
Sonia Spencer
Jennifer Jordan
JoAnn Murphy
Patrick Kralik
Ashley Allen, Sr.
• 
Enhance the participation of rural people, particularly women 
and the under-privileged strata, in decisions and events impacting 
their living conditions.
• 
Augment public awareness of the issue of hunger in the world.
• 
Advocate the journey of technologies to the developing world.
• 
Revitalize international and national solidarity in the combat 
against hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and attract attention 
to accomplishments in food and agricultural development.
	
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, the University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative 
Extension Service has taken the lead in providing educational and nutritional 
workshops on food production to stimulate production and availability of food. 
The agency regularly partners with community groups, schools, government 
agencies, businesses, and media to hold this special event, to increase awareness 
and understanding about those who are hungry and undernourished.