100 small farmers from Crabwood Creek will be receiving help through the Ministry of Agriculture to set up a shade house each on their land to plant peppers to be able to supply an agro processing plant in Black Bush Polder – a new pilot strategy which is being embarked on by the government to assist small farmers in that area.
President Irfaan Ali last Thursday held a walkabout in Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne, where he met with residents, farmers, fisherfolk, sugar workers and others. At the location, he urged the ministry to embark on the pilot programme in the community so as to assist the small farmers with a faster turnaround of revenue.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, explained that in order to help small farmers and women “the first phase will be a hundred farmers from Crabwood Creek, we will help to construct it (shade house), we will give the design, you have to provide the material in terms of the wooden material, we will give the shade nets and the shade plastic, we will help you to construct it.”