Several cash crop farmers from Profitt to D’Edward Village in West Berbice have suffered major losses after their produce was destroyed by salt water, following a sea defence breach at Brahn.
The farmers told Stabroek News in an interview recently that “thousands of acres” of crops, including tomatoes, sweet peppers and celery, have been affected. They are even more distressed that they have not been benefiting from the increased prices in the produce for the Christmas season.
They said the salt water entered the façade canal, the side trenches and their farms.
Roopnarine Sain invested in seven acres of farmland
