Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and officials from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on Monday met with members of the Rice Farmers’ Fertilizer Assistance Registration and Verification Committee to discuss the relief programme announced last May by President Irfaan Ali.
A statement from the ministry said that the meeting was held to discuss the lists of rice farmers per region who were eligible for the fertilizer assistance based on information gathered by the various committee members represented. During the meeting, the minister disclosed that approximately 168,000 acres of rice had been sown, to date, but there is anticipation that that figure would increase before the end of the advised sowing period, which is scheduled to close at the end of the month.