A concerted effort is being made to dramatically increase food production in Region Ten.
Next Monday, Consultant Rawle Lucas, will meet farmers from four areas in Region Ten to explain a new structure of farm management that would be introduced in the region.
Regional Chairman Kwesi Sharma Solomon made the disclosure on Tuesday to about 15 farmers at Dalawala, a farming community located about two miles south of Christianburg on the west bank of the Upper Demerara River.
He said under the new paradigm, an attempt is being made to have farmers work in groups in their respective communities beginning with four pilot communities. Farmers’ groups drawn from West Watooka, Dalawala,