-in bid to meet expanded Skeldon estate needs
By Shabna Ullah
At a meeting with private cane farmers on the Corentyne yesterday, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud said that $450M has been invested by the government to aid them and the National Cane Farmers’ Committee (NCFC) has been resuscitated.
The private farmers are expected to be key suppliers to the new $200M Skeldon sugar factory.
