The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago under which the government of Guyana has allocated thousands of acres of land to Trinidadian investors for agricultural purposes continues to give rise to controversy among key farming support organisations in Port of Spain and more recently in political circles in the twin-island Republic.
This week, independent Senator Subhas Ramkhelawan joined the farmers’ groups in openly questioning the wisdom of the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration’s signing on to a land-for-farming deal with Guyana in circumstances where, they say, thousands of acres of arable lands now lie idle in Trinidad and Tobago and can be utilised for farming purposes.
On Tuesday the Trinidad Express reported that Senator Ramkhelawan was calling on the government in
