"Princess Dougherty Cudjoe Plant Quarantine Learning Journey"

My experience with successfully completing the IPPC course was quite informative. I was not aware there was so many groups, committees and organizations involved in this sector. It has also brought awareness to what my country's contribution is in all this. Recently my country had a breach in security. Some good were sent from a South America country to mine and the produce was not thoroughly inspected before sent. 25 tonnes of produce to be inspected by 1 quarantine officer. Upon initial inspection an unidentified pregnant snail was discovered moving away from the produce site which was on its own not the best place to ensure proper quarantine. Relevant authorities were alerted and the whole place including the boat was under quarantine due to the fact that there was other goods on board being offloaded and distributed at once. A decision was made to send the produce back on the boat it came with after it had completed offloading. Politics came in and the produce had to be dumped ...

My name is Princess Dougherty Cudjoe. I am 39 years old, divorced and a mother of four children. I am from the recently traumatized island of Carriacou, the sister isle of Grenada. I have worked within the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs, Department of Agriculture for almost 22 years in the positions of Veterinary assistant, 4-H officer and Plant and Animal quarantine assistant. I am doing this course to upgrade myself in the area of Plant and Animal quarantine.