A company is looking to undertake large-scale soybean cultivation in the north Rupununi and has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorisation.
JOHIL Green Farms has submitted an application for environmental authorization for the project which would span 5,000 acres in the vicinity of the Lamparino Lake in the North Rupununi Savannah in Region 9. According to an EPA ad in the Sunday Chronicle, the proposed site lies on land formerly held by the Manari