Critical farm-to-market access road in Buxton for rehab – Mustapha

Some of those who attended the meeting (Ministry of Agriculture photo)

As part of the Government of Guyana’s efforts to boost production in the agriculture sector, it has announced that the Ministry of Agriculture, (MoA) will soon commence rehabilitation work on a critical farm-to-market access road in Buxton Village on the East Coast of Demerara, a MoA release stated yesterday.

The announcement was made by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, during a meeting with residents and farmers on Tuesday at the Buxton PIC Building, it added.

The farmers in the area told the minister that there was a vested interest in agriculture and that the village has the potential to do more, however, access to the farms was an issue