The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is continuing to work assiduously to reduce then eliminate the population of Red Palm Mite in Guyana.
Director of NAREI Dr Oudho Homenauth told Stabroek New yesterday that the agency’s monitoring of the trees that have been treated show the absence of the parasite.
In June, the presence of the Red Palm Mite was confirmed in coconut trees in the Pomeroon area of Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam).
After coconut farmers complained of the effect of the parasites on their crop,