Gov’t steps up help to private cane farmers

-in bid to meet expanded Skeldon estate needs

By Shabna Ullah

David Subnauth

A private cane farmer making a point at the meeting

At a meeting with private cane farmers on the Corentyne yesterday, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud said that $450M has been invested by the government to aid them and the National Cane Farmers’ Committee (NCFC) has been resuscitated.
The private farmers are expected to be key suppliers to the new $200M Skeldon sugar factory.