Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy said officers from the Livestock and Crop Division are in Canal Number 2 to assess damages and prepare compensation packages for farmers affected by recent flooding.
Now that the water has receded from their lands, farmers are restarting land preparation exercises, though they have said that this is proving more costly than they can afford, noting that the price of fertilizer is rapidly increasing. They also told Stabroek News that now that the trenches have been dug and the Stanleytown pump operating,
