Tremendous effort is being made to diversify and increase agricultural production in Region Nine to make it self-sufficient, according to Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock.
He was at the time addressing those in attendance at a North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) meeting held last Friday at Bina Hill, Region 9, a statement from the ministry said.
Alluding to Guyana’s commitment to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Allicock contended that attaining such achievements will ensure a growth in the economy and reduction of poverty.
“It is time to move this process forward and away from talk to action. The challenge now for us, as I see it, is to graduate from subsistence agriculture to production on a larger scale. It may have been better for us had this implementation phase begun some time ago. We would have been well ahead of the pack; an example for others to follow. The good news is that it is not too late to start today,” he was quoted as saying.
The NRDDB, he stressed, is strategically structured to achieve its objectives since it was established to represent the interests of its constituent communities and to facilitate their general development.
The NRDDB meeting saw representation from all sixteen villages in the North Rupununi.
