 guyana hosting university of arkansas agri students guyana hosting university of arkansas agri students guyana hosting university of arkansas agri students webmaster sun 7162017 1223 this month guyana is hosting three agriculture sophomores from the university of arkansas as part of the education abroad program of the university of arkansas at pine bluff uapb according to a press release from partners of the americas the students imani coleman an agronomy major lataylor rembert an agriculture business major and laura wright an animal science major will spend one month july 8 august 5 in guyana learning not only about agriculture in guyana but also learning generally about life in a foreign country understanding guyana s history and all aspects of its culture the release stated that the guyana leg of the education abroad program is part of a wider project entitled building teaching research and extension capacity at uapb to enhance global learning and strengthen sweet potato production in guyana and the arkansas delta one of this project s main objectives is to produce high quality virustested sweet potato seed material for guyanese farmers through the establishment of a virusindexing laboratory in guyana guyana is one of five countries included in uapb s education abroad program the other countries are china ghana mexico and dominican republic article adapted from  https wwwstabroeknewscom 2017 news stories 713 guyanahostinguniversityofarkansasagristudents  university of arkansas agriculture uapb 