Guyana, Suriname land mass key to regional food security

Land mass limitations in a majority of Caribbean Com-munity (Caricom) countries make Guyana and Suriname crucial to any collective regional initiative to respond to the challenge of food security, according to Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development institute Dr Arlington Chesney.

The Guyanese-born agricultural specialist made the comment as part of a positive response to the announcement that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago had written to Guyanese President Donald Ramotar renewing its interest in the acquisition of land in Guyana for the pursuit of