Gov’t has list of crops to meet imports reduction goal – Mustapha

Zulfikar Mustapha Minister of Agriculture

Government has a priority list of crops it is working on to meet the goal of reducing the country’s food imports by 25% by 2025.

This was disclosed yesterday by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha who said that the government will soon release details on this.

Onions, soya, corn and wheat among others are on the list of crops Guyana is looking to produce to reduce food importation by 25%, sources say.