Basil Bactawar is owner/manager of Roraima Feeds.
His education
background includes a B.Sc. in Agriculture, a M.Sc. in Animal
Science a Certificate in International Development. Basil Bactawar
has also helped feed manufacturers in nine developing countries to
formulate feed.
Most notably, he has received an
international award
from the University of Florida on his work that assisted overseas manufacturers
and farmers during the last 18 years.
Additionally, Basil Bactawar has extensive experience in agricultural extension.
He has been working in Agricultural Extension for about 40 years. He started his
career in Guyana with the Ministry of Agriculture where he served as Livestock
Officer (Forage Agronomy and Animal Nutrition) for 7 years. He later worked in
Canada with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture as a Livestock Industry
Development Specialist for 16 years. He moved to Florida on a job offer and
worked as a County Extension Director with University of Florida Extension
Services for 6 years. He trained farmers in fourteen countries and taught at the
Guyana School of Agriculture, University of Guyana and Assiniboine Community College.
In 2021 he was contracted by the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) to
determine the problems affecting the Livestock Extension Service in Saudi Arabia.
He conducted a situational analysis of the country’s livestock extension service
by interviewing farmers, senior government administrators and twenty-one
veterinarians to gather information on the existing extension service. Based on
his study and findings, he provided recommendations to improve the livestock
extension service in Saudi Arabia.