Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday met with fisherfolk in Berbice where he reiterated that President Irfaan Ali plans to launch an aquaculture master plan and Indian experts will be assisting with its crafting.
Mustapha, who along with a team met with the fisherfolk at the Albion Community Centre on Saturday disclosed that he has since secured three experts from India to assist with the President’s master plan. He said, “I have written to the Indian government asking for technical experts to come in the country to help us, and they agreed that they will give us three technical experts.”
However, he noted, that in the meantime locally they are “crafting ideas and plans on how the industry must be built.”