Dear Editor,
Some form of assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture is urgently necessary to curb a deadly soil disease affecting a diversity of vegetable crops on my household plot of land at Suddie, Essequibo Coast.
A parasite is destroying the bark of almost all the plants be it young or old between the ground level and the roots causing them to wither up.
All the recommended treatment including the use of Cocide, Rizolex and Capton continues to be of no avail.
Thousands of dollars have been wasted to buy so much drugs and to meet other input costs with me losing all the time instead of deriving some benefits.
It is not at all encouraging to continue planting unless a remedy is found probably by having a soil test done, the earlier the better.
I have since written the Minister of Agriculture on this matter.
Yours faithfully
Baliram Persaud
