Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Thursday told Upper Corentyne cattle and rice farmers that the materials for the construction of a fence for cattle grazing within the Number 52 to Number 74 Corentyne area are currently being procured.
The proposal to build a fence was presented to a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture earlier this month after rice and cattle farmers clashed over an order from the 52-74 Water Users Association giving permission for animals to be impounded when found in rice cultivations.
“We have had some issue with cattle and rice in this area and to get a compromise I sent a team from the Ministry of Agriculture with the region and they had some proposal which I endorsed and I think that shortly we might have less conflict between cattle farmers and rice farmers because what we will be doing we will be erecting back a fence,” the minister noted on Thursday.