‘Grow More’ farmers reap less at flooded Spillweir

-say gov’t has broken promises

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Mohammed Rasheed returned to Guyana two years ago excited by the prospects of the Grow More Food campaign. On Tuesday, as he pumped water out of his flooded fields, battling to save the crops, he lamented that promises made have not kept.

“Every time I follow up, they dragging, dragging (their feet),” …..


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