One of the trademark services offered by the Guyana Marketing Corporation is its Farmers’ Market, an event that provides both space and shoppers for farmers, affording them the opportunity of a market for their produce. The Farmers’ Market is usually a compulsory event for the Stabroek Business since it provides opportunity to interact with both buyers and sellers. On the whole it is usually an amiable interaction, affording the farmers who travel from the far-flung coastal regions of the country to offer greens, vegetables and meats at affordable prices. For the shoppers it is a welcome change from the municipal market routine even though some municipal market vendors have been known to ‘turn out’ to take advantage of the Market Day. No one minds, of course of local agro processors and other small manufacturers ‘hitch a ride,’
The trading venue is the Durban Park and the trading day begins at 6:00 hrs. and ends at mid-day.
