The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) hosted its first Farmers’ Exchange Programme/Field Day at a five-acre plot in Wakenaam on Thursday to showcase crops cultivated from its 10 new rice strains and improved management practices.
Rice farmer Rodwell Ramcharran cultivated his plot with the 10 new strains and incorporated six improved management practices, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said. Thursday’s tour which was done in collaboration with the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association, allowed farmers from regions two, three and four a
