Promising results from the cultivation of a small batch of wheat varieties at the Burma Rice Research Station in Region Five has encouraged government to expand its wheat production trial at two locations across Guyana.
On the sidelines of a recent event, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha told reporters that the results from the small trial, led by local scientist Dr Mahendra Persaud, are encouraging and the growth of the grain would be tested in other fields within the next two weeks.
“So what he will do, he will come out in open fields to start that trial there and we are looking also at some certain areas,” Mustapha said as he pointed out that the trial will be done on two to three acres at the Burma Rice Research Station and in Paramakatoi in Region Eight.