The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday announced that an agro-processing facility has been commissioned in Watooka, Linden at a cost of $23.6 million.
The plant is intended to provide much-needed agro-processing services to approximately 600 persons in and around the region and comes on the heels of a similar facility that was opened in Karaudarnau Village in Region Nine.
At the commissioning, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha noted during his remarks that the government has made large sums of money available to help develop Guyana’s agro-processing sector. He pointed out that since farmers are being encouraged to produce more, value-added production will enable them to maximise profits and extend the shelf life of their commodities.