Dear Editor,
I have been following the letters about the agri promotion that was done in Florida. There were several such activities under past and present administrations and nothing tangible ever resulted. It is very frustrating to do anything in Guyana and several entrepreneurs became frustrated and gave up. Yet, other less developed countries are exporting fruits/vegetables on a scheduled basis.
Transportation is very important for any such endeavour and without this aspect nothing can be achieved. For those who are interested and want to export to the Caribbean, I can suggest one crop that can be grown on the Linden-Soesdyke highway, strawberries. Conditions there are ideal, hot in the day, cool at night. This crop can make very big returns if managed efficiently.
The Caribbean get their supplies from overseas and I can be contacted at vijaysing@bellsouth.net and incomeworldwide@yahoo.com to discuss further. The regional airlines connection can efficiently deliver the strawberries to buyers in the Caribbean.
Farmers have to use their initiative to progress in Guyana, the government has nothing tangible to offer except talk and more talk. Hot peppers are easy to grow, yet the export volume is very small.
I can go to Trinidad tomorrow and get a truckload of papayas in a day or two. In Guyana, it will take forever. With this in mind, you can imagine the time it will take to get something substantial done.
Yours faithfully,
Vijay Singh
