$1.5B from Caricom Development Fund for Guyana’s agri

The vehicle that was transporting the inmates after it came to a rest in the canal at Supply, East Bank Demerara after the accident.

Guyana and the Caricom Development Fund (CDF) yesterday signed a country assistance programme agreement that will inject US$7.32M ($1.5B) into Guyana’s agriculture sector.

A release from the Caricom Secretariat yesterday afternoon said that Guyana’s Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and Chief Executive Officer of the CDF, Ambassa-dor Lorne McDonnough signed the pact for a combination of a US$4.566M concessionary loan and a US$2.66M grant, at the Hilton Hotel.

The release said that through the funding, more than 9,000 farming households are to