Farmers in Aliki, Essequibo will soon have a market for their plantains as the chips processing factory in Leguan is expected to be operationalised in August.
This announcement was made by Business Minister, Haimraj Rajkumar who was accompanied by Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, during a community engagement with the Region Three officials, farmers and residents of the island in the Essequibo River.
The chip factory is one of four projects (two chip factories and two call centres) under the $1billion Rural Development Fund, the Department of Public Information (DPI) stated in a release.