Ministry of Agriculture mourns the loss of one of its most dedicated workers

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Jackson

The mood at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs is somber
as it mourns the loss of one of its hard working staff members.

Sherma Jackson who was a Field Labourer passed this morning after a short
illness.

She was 37.

Her Supervisor Mrs. Maudevere Bradford, in reflecting on her invaluable
contribution to agriculture, said that Jackson was a Labourer at the highest
scale of the Field Labourers.

“A very hard worker who was always consistent with her duties. She could
have been relied upon to complete any given task in a timely manner
without supervision,” Bradford recalled.
Jackson also excelled in a number of training programmes at the GARD
Center and emerged at the top of the class in a programme held a few
years ago.

Former Extension Officer -Administration, Mr. Sereno Benjamin was
extremely proud of her achievement.

Jackson was also a top performer at a training course in Biogas that she
attended in China in 2019.

Biogas is a renewable fuel produced by the breakdown of organic matter
such as food scraps and animal waste.

Jackson was also very fond of organic agriculture and played a lead role in
the management of the Vermiculture bin at the Experimental Station in
collaboration with IICA.

She became ill in March this year, after she was seconded to CARDI to assist
in field work activities.

She worked along well with Dr. Greg Robin and Bradbury Browne in the
sweet potato characterization project done by CARDI in collaboration with
the Ministry of Agriculture.

Bradford who has kept in touch with Jackson throughout her illness, fondly
recalled,” I spoke with her almost every day and she told me one day to
buy her a pink dress and a pink converse sneakers because she wants to go
to a party. Her last request was for me to buy her a diary with rainbow
coloured pens. I spoke with her last night, she was hearing me, and they
said she was responding but she was so too weak to let the words out. I
told her to walk well and sleep well as she was tired.”

Sherma Jackson

The Management and staff of the Ministry of Agriculture express sincere
condolences to the family of Sherma Jackson and her contributions and
passion to the growth and development of the agriculture sector will always
be remembered.

 

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5 COMMENTS

  1. Thank the Lord and her family for a young woman who was exemplary at work, at school and at play. May family find peace at this time in a life well lived.

  2. Isn’t it interesting how so many people are dying all of a sudden of short illnesses? Wonder if it could have anything to do with the double death shot

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