"Agriculture: Sustainability and world wealth" is the theme of an upcoming forum that will explore farming as a necessary variable to achieve development, to combat hunger and create wealth. The event is slated for Oct. 20, starting at 8 a.m. at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus School of Education.
Moody's Investors Service has placed the University of Puerto Rico's ratings on Watchlist for possible downgrade, affecting $652 million of rated debt issued through AFICA, as the as the Authority of Financing for Industrial, Tourism, Educational, Medical and Environmental Control Facilities is known.
The University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus is getting $100,000 in financing from the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. to work with the island’s food and beverage industry to develop a nutritional labeling and lab testing program.