The Small Business Development Finance Trust (SBDF) of Guyana hopes to plough lots of cash into kitchen gardens to grow them into viable businesses but wants government to provide better agriculture infrastructure and management.
“We would like to see Guyana’s agro-products on each and every dining table in Guyana and in the region. Transforming subsistence farming into commercial businesses requires industrialisation in our rural areas,” stated Chairman of the Company, Sattaur Gafoor’s report, which was presented in his absence at the SBDF’s 10th Annual General Meeting at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday.
SBDF was established in 2002 as a non-profit organisation and later became a corporate entity in 2009. Its objective is to alleviate poverty among subsistence entrepreneurs and transform them into commercial suppliers, with eco-efficient practices of