RPA working to ensure farmers are paid, Seeraj says

Rice farmers blocked the road from Reliance to Anna Regina again yesterday

Increasing the cash flow from rice mills to rice producers is necessary to appease protesting farmers, General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj said as Essequibo farmers protested again yesterday.

“The first line of action is the millers and making sure farmers are being paid,” Seeraj told Stabroek News. “Most of the millers