Refusing to surrender to the rampaging assault on their livelihoods by the ravages of COVID-19 the members of the Mocha Arcadia Multipurpose Agriculture Cooperative Society are set to stage their second Producers Market Day in two months on Sunday February 21, Chairman of the Society Raeburn Jones told Stabroek Business earlier this week.
Hastening to provide assurances that the event will be attended by an oversight input designed to ensure the strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocols, Jones told Stabroek Business that the decision to stage the event at this time was taken against the backdrop of what the Society has determined is the urgent need to provide a measure of practical material support for the small farmers and agro-processors who continue to feel an increasing financial ‘squeeze’ arising out of the restraints that have been placed on their ability to market their produce. The Producers Day event will commence at 6:00 hrs. and conclude at 17:00 hrs. and will be held on the open plot of land opposite the ‘Big Tree’ off the main access road.