Today Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha handed over a poultry plucking machine to students from the Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School.
The donation was made after the school’s Agriculture Science teacher engaged Minister Mustapha requesting urgent help with boosting the school’s Agriculture Science department’s technology as the students prepared for their CSEC and CAPE Exams.
During the handing over, Minister Mustapha said that agriculture is once again being treated as a very important sector in Guyana and that the H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and the government have been working aggressively to develop the sector.
He also said that instead of using traditional methods to pluck chicken, the students will now be exposed to a more advanced process. This, he noted, was part of the government’s efforts to make agriculture more appealing to young budding agriculture enthusiasts.
