Reloaded agri drive to cultivate resilience

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Government’s ramped up support to farmers under Phase Two of the Grow More Food campaign will not solve all the problems in agriculture but hopefully make the sector more resilient to challenges, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said.

“There are many problems. The Grow More Food Campaign isn’t the end all. It’s not intended to be the thing that will solve all the problems in agriculture. The problems of agriculture will remain,” said Persaud in an interview with Stabroek News. He said that they hope that in the long run, through the interventions, the sector will become much more resilient to the challenges faced by agriculture. “We’re not going to fool ourselves that we‘ve solved all the problems and can solve…..


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