Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday commissioned a $100 million Soil Chemical Services Laboratory at the National Agricultural Research and Extension institute (NAREI) at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.
It is aimed at modernizing soil testing and related services for farmers.
Speaking at the commissioning event, Mustapha emphasised that the aim is to see Guyana becoming even more modernized.
“It is very important for us to develop this sector because the agriculture sector when we look at it, it is only a subset of the entire sector and the goal is food security. Today we are more recognized around the Caribbean in the agriculture sector and by modernizing the sector, we can also achieve our goal of once again becoming the bread basket of the Caribbean. We will use all the revenue needed to assist in modernizing the agri sector”, the Minister added.