AFC says Essequibo rice sector beset by a number of problems

The Alliance For Change says the inefficiency of the Dawa pump near the Pomeroon River is a cause for serious concern among other problems besetting the rice industry on the Essequibo Coast.

This pump which channels water into the Tapakuma Lake and then into the main canal from where rice farmers have access is not being operated to meet the needs of rice farmers on the coast, the party said yesterday in a press release.

According to the AFC, the regional chairman and vice chairman have both stated previously that monies that