Mocha agro-producers want market, processing plant

At The Mocha Arcadia Produces Market: Mocha -Arcadia Co-op chair Raeburn Jones, Ministry of Agriculture Extension officer Mitize Barker (centre) and profssor Pat Francis of the University of Guyana

The scale of the entrepreneurial pursuits of the farmers and agro-processors who comprise members of the Mocha Arcadia Multipurpose Cooperative Society (MAMPA), makes a persuasive case for the establishment of a multi-purpose market facility to support the food cultivation and agro-processing pursuits of the community, Head of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, University of Guyana, Professor Pat Francis has told the Stabroek Business.

 In a comment made on Sunday during the Cooperative’s Producers’ Market Day in the East Bank community, Professor Francis said that the exploits of the farmers and agro-processors have made deserving case for a multi-purpose trading facility in the community as well as a processing plant to support the consolidation of their pursuits.