The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) will celebrate its thirty years of service to regional agricultural research and development on 25 May 2005.The occasion will be marked by a 30th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony to be held at the Negril Suite of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel starting at 11:30 a.m. Highlights of this ceremony will be presentations by the CARDI Representative in Jamaica, Dr Francis Asiedu, on CARDI’s achievements in the past 30 years; an address by the Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Roger Clarke; and a keynote address by a renowned Jamaican scientist, Professor Gerald Lalor, Director of the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS) UWI. The programme also includes long service awards to employees who have worked with the Institute for more than 15 years.