Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy said there has been a gamut of interventions and techniques implemented in the rice sector that has to date produced 12 new flood resistant and drought tolerant species and about 20,000 bags of paddy per acre.
Ramsammy discussed these achievements at the Guyana Rice Development Board’s Open Day activity held at the Burma Rice Research Station in Mahaicony on Wednesday. Scores of farmers from regions Four and Five, agriculture officials and students from the Guyana School of Agriculture attended the exhibition,