Photo Credit: MAFSEBy Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) on Tuesday conducted cold storage training for Cooperativa El Progreso en Desarrollo and the Seven Miles Farmers’ Association at Seven Miles-El Progreso, a community in the Georgeville area of the Cayo District. Registrar of Cooperatives Gareth Murillo said the Seven Miles Farmers Association is not a cooperative, but his department collaborates with them and has given them some training prior to this one and hopes they do become a cooperative. “Cooperativa El Progreso en Desarrollo and Seven Miles Farmers’ Association representatives received training today on how to use and manage the cold storage system recently put in place,” MAFSE said. The cold storage training was facilitated by Jose Tillet of the Project Execution Unit and Franklyn Padron who represented the Cayo Extension Services. “The training [on Tuesday] was for the members of those sub-committees and included three members each from Cooperativa El Progreso en Desarrollo Co-operative and the Seven Miles Farmers’ Association both of Seven Miles El Progreso Community, Cayo.”MASE said the four cool storage containers from JICA were expected to be a solution for extending the post-harvest shelf life of vegetables.