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Mocha, Parika farmers ‘exchange notes’ on good farming practices

Here’s how it’s done: A Parika farmer demonstrates the use of a Tiller for the benefit of farmers
Here’s how it’s done: A Parika farmer demonstrates the use of a Tiller for the benefit of farmers
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On Monday November 18 a group of farmers from Parika in Region Three,  reciprocated an earlier visit paid to their community by farmers from the community of Mocha on the East Bank Demerara under the Guyana Marketing Corporation’s Farmers’ Exchange Programme, the objective of which is to allow for the sharing of experiences and deriving mutual benefit from each other’s pursuits on their respective farms.

 The earlier, October 23 visit to Parika by the Mocha Farmers’ Group having been considered a considerable success in terms of the exchange of experiences and the sharing of information on farming techniques and challenges, the farmers at Mocha were reportedly looking forward to the return visit.

Farmers all: Visiting farmers from Parika pose with their counterparts from Mocha when the Region Three contingent paid a recent return visit to the East Bank farming community

Information secured from the GMC indicates that both sides were reportedly particularly pleased with the return visit from their more experienced counterparts. The GMC official who was present during the encounter reported that the most significant facet of the exercise was the opportunity it afforded for the Parika farmers to discuss their successful experiences in the cultivation of various crops as well as the use of farming equipment that can contribute to enhanced farming efficiency.

 Mocha’s emergence as a community with significant agricultural potential has, over time, been manifested in the persistence of the community’s farmers through various challenges and the emergence of several successful cash crop farmers.

  Stabroek Business understands  that the Parika return visit attracted more than twenty six (26) farmers and that the event facilitated an understanding between the two farming groups that is likely to extend into ongoing cooperation in pursuit of their mutual goal of maximizing the agricultural prowess in their respective communities. Specifically, the briefing on the event received by this newspaper from the GMC indicated that the visiting Parika group was particularly impressed by the land-preparation methods employed by the Mocha farmers while the farmers from Mocha expressed their gratitude for the instructions provided by their Parika counterparts in the use of the Tiller.

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