As part of its quest to become a leader in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana is soliciting assistance from India in the form of technology and skilled manpower in the agriculture and agro-processing industries. This was stated in a Department of Public Information (DPI) release yesterday.
President Irfaan Ali who is currently in India on a seven-day official state visit, on Thursday held discussions on potential areas of cooperation with Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister of India, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, during a meeting in New Delhi.
According to the DPI, President Ali posited that India can help Guyana establish climate-resistant and higher-yield seed production for crops like sugarcane and coconut. Guyana, he added, is open to joint-venture mechanisms in the dairy sector to export dairy products and earn “millions of dollars” in foreign exchange.