President Dr Irfaan Ali, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha

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President Dr Irfaan Ali, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha engaging representatives of the Guyana Millers and Exporters Association (GREMA) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). At the meeting was brokered an agreement which will see rice farmers being paid at least $4,000 per bag of paddy for the first crop of 2023. In the previous crop rice farmers were paid between $3,500 and $4,000 (Office of the President Photo)
President Dr Irfaan Ali, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha engaging representatives of the Guyana Millers and Exporters Association (GREMA) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). At the meeting was brokered an agreement which will see rice farmers being paid at least $4,000 per bag of paddy for the first crop of 2023. In the previous crop rice farmers were paid between $3,500 and $4,000 (Office of the President Photo)
President Dr Irfaan Ali, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha engaging representatives of the Guyana Millers and Exporters Association (GREMA) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). At the meeting was brokered an agreement which will see rice farmers being paid at least $4,000 per bag of paddy for the first crop of 2023. In the previous crop rice farmers were paid between $3,500 and $4,000 (Office of the President Photo)