Land set aside here for T&T farmers

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which allows for 10,000 acres of land here to be made available to Trinidadian farmers.

“Trinidad is looking to reduce their imports on some things and increase to other countries others …We have been talking for a while, now we have signed over last week. I signed and he (Minister of Food Production) signed …it falls under the Jagdeo Initiative…,” Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy confirmed to Stabroek News  yesterday.

Ramsammy did not have specifics of the agreement at hand yesterday but promised a detailed explanation of the