Farmers on the Corentyne at a recent public outreach vented their frustration about NAREI as they said that they have been receiving minimal assistance resulting in Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha expressing his dissatisfaction with the entity in Region Six.
In Bush Lot, Corentyne, two weeks ago, farmers told Mustapha that they are experiencing certain issues with some of their crops and when they reached out to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), they did not receive much assistance.
One farmer said that a sample of his soil was sent for testing by NAREI since last year and he was yet to receive results.
