Owners of small agro processing commercial ventures who participated in the November 16-19 GUYEXPO event at the Sophia Exhibition have told the Stabroek Business that they frequently “miss out” on publicly advertised opportunities to benefit from initiatives that can advance their businesses on account of their preoccupation with ‘making a living’ and their detachment from channels that connect them with those opportunities. One agro-processor from the East Coast Demerara told the Stabroek Business that “family and work” precludes her from accessing information that would afford her opportunities to take advantage of information that would help her grow her business. She said that more than two years ago a relative had told her about a project being run by government under which government was funding a scheme designed to help farmers and agro-processors access markets for their products. She added, however, that she was unable to secure the information that would help her to benefit from the initiative.