NAREI forming closer ties with Hague Back farmers

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has reached out to farmers of Hague Backdam, a farming community situated on the West Coast Demerara. Crops grown there for commercial purposes are sweet potato, cassava, plantain, pepper, cabbage, spinach, tomato, coconut, ochro, bora among other cash crops. Chairman of the…

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Motion on state of rice industry voted down

A motion on the state of the rice industry, brought to the National Assembly by Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Irfaan Ali was today, defeated by 28 to 33 votes. Government said the motion was short-sighted and not meant to bring relief to the farmers. Debate on the motion which…

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