Prompt payment for rice farmers in Venezuela deal

-$136M handed over

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Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday handed over more than $136M to the Region Two Farmers’ Group for paddy supplied under a deal recently inked with Venezuela.

Two cheques were presented to the group’s secretary and other members at the Ministry of Agriculture. These represent payments for 2061 tonnes…..

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