As part of its contribution to the reduction of food imports and Caricom’s food security plans, Guyana has gotten the ball rolling by putting up 25,000 acres of land for private farmers to invest in and that amount can increase as the plan is assessed, President Irfaan Ali declared.
“An open call was made to Caricom. Guyana is willing to put the land assets up and if the Region can bring in the investment… we can catalyze that land in increasing food production,” the President said on Sunday at a press conference he hosted at State House.
“This has always been the case of Guyana and those lands are lease lands, but we are advancing and not waiting,” he added.