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The Government of Guyana hopes to reduce the $60 million spent annually to import corn and soya bean with the completion of a drying and storage facility expected in the next three months.

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha this week disclosed that the new facility which is under construction at Tacama Landing along the Berbice River, will greatly boost the country’s production.  Already, 495 acres of soya bean was sowed in 2022, with the second crop of 1,000 acres on its way.

“We [government] have started the production of corn and soya in the intermediate savannah, we started to build facilities there, and in another two-three months, we’ll have those facilities complete,” Minister Mustapha told famers on Tuesday.

He reminded that the government is expanding its production of new crops and assisting farmers with the relevant infrastructure to make their production less challenging.

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Guyana’s President Dr Irfaan Ali has underscored the urgency of the Caribbean region becoming food secure while highlighting the need for measures to be implemented to achieve the set targets.

Delivering a virtual address to the Caribbean Association of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Staff (CAWI), Caribbean Leader’s Open Dialogue, Ali spoke about the catastrophic implications of non-action or limited action when it comes to food security within the Caribbean.

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By Jarryl Bryan

Guyana’s leadership on agriculture in the region has come in for high praise from new Caribbean Community (Caricom) Chairman, Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. So much progress has been made that, according to Skerrit, Caricom states are mobilizing resources even now to tackle food security challenges.

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