The Guyana Government yesterday said that it empathises with the frustrations of rice farmers and hopes that the rice millers can make arrangements to have outstanding amounts to rice farmers remitted to them at the earliest possible time.
A release from GINA said that consultations with the Guyana Rice Development Board on the issue of payment to Region 2 rice farmers by rice millers have resulted in the following information being made available.
Millers who have completed payment to farmers in full
- Arnold Sankar
- Roopan Ramotar
- Golden Fleece Rice Inc
- Imam Bacchus
- Vincent Persaud
- Caricom Rice Mills Ltd
Millers with outstanding payments to farmers
- Wazeer Hussein (Dry Shore/KSCL) – $285,360,540
- Ramesh Ramlakhan (Ex-mouth) – $156,584,455
- Deonarine (Evergreen) – $135,000,000
- Old Mac Guyana Inc. – $28,300,000
- La Resource Rice Industry – $27,600,000
