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Jeri Kelly and Erin Cash, BAMSI lecturers, observing their aquaponics farm.
Photo/Felicity Ingraham

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Women making strides in Bahamian agriculture

When a woman announces to her family that she is going into agriculture she often gets a less exuberant reception than if she had announced a career like teaching or nursing. She may hear, “You’re too pretty to be a farmer!” She may be chastised for “wasting her talent”.

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