In excess of 15,000 gallons of fuel have been distributed by the Mahaica/ Mahaicony/Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) to farmers to pump water out of their cultivation and to undertake emergency works, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a press release yesterday.
In addition to the fuel, the MMA/ADA has already installed 50 HDPE tubes to assist with drainage, and has also undertaken the rental of machines to help farmers with empoldering their land.
The release said further that the GRDB has also identified critical dams that are in need of grading to enable farmers to transport their paddy from the fields to the mill. The GRDB has contracted the
