Corn, soyabean processing facility almost complete
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.
