The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday received several pieces of equipment and operational manuals from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that will be used to improve its data collection and extension capabilities.
A release from the Ministry of Agriculture said that these pieces of equipment are part of a project aimed at strengthening Guyana’s rice production monitoring system. The equipment included 30 tablets, 10 of which were handed over in April of this year, tablet cases, a server, a backup battery, external hard drives and data entry software tools.
The equipment is valued at over $3 million and will enable the GRDB’s extension staff to transmit real-time data from the field to the office.