With sugar production out of existence at the Wales estate on the West Bank of Demerara, government is moving ahead with its seed paddy cultivation and has completed 185 hectares of land out of the proposed 200.
Reports are that the remaining 15 hectares have to be ploughed at Vive-La-Force ‘A’ but the work has been put on hold due to the inclement weather.
Stabroek News was told that some of the rice was cultivated three weeks ago at Catherina 11-16 while another portion was sown last weekend at Vive-La-Force ‘A.’
A source told Stabroek News that