As a part of ongoing efforts to improve the livelihood of farmers, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Friday distributed over 160 leases to farmers in Region Two, at the Charity Market square.
The Government Information Agency (GINA) in a press release stated that Minister Persaud told the gathering of hundreds about the government’s $1.2 billion land development plan to develop over 5,500 acres of virgin land for agricultural purposes in the region at Aurora. That is the fulfillment of President Jagdeo’s promise to the residents and rice farmers at a meeting in 2009.
Noting that land has been exhausted on the Essequibo Coast, he promised that in keeping with the request for more by
