Officials from the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) yesterday handed over a quantity of pepper seeds that were produced by the institute to assist the government with its ongoing flood relief efforts.
A release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said that during the meeting, CARDI Guyana’s Officer-in-Charge & Integrated Pest Management Specialist, Jhaman Kundun said that they were able to understand the level of devastation the recent floods had on the sector and are therefore willing to offer full support to the government with ongoing flood relief efforts.
The hot pepper seeds produced by CARDI are Moruga Red, Scorpion, West Indies Red, and Scotch Bonnet.
The CARDI official also said in addition to the seeds, CARDI’s subsidiary, the Caribbean Agricultural Commercial Services Hub Limited (CACSH) will be providing new varieties of onion seeds to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute for field testing.
These varieties, he noted, were specifically bred for the tropics.
