The Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN) is urging local small farmers to demand that the Ministry of Agriculture do more to ensure that Guyanese produce gets freer access to regional markets.
In his address at a consultation for Guyanese farmers organised by CaFAN as part of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture activities, Jethro Greene, Chief Coordinator of CaFAN, expressed disgust at Caricom Heads of Government for indulging in what he views as platitudinous diplomatic speeches about regional integration but showing no political will to forge meaningful intra-regional trade.
According to Greene, when goods from Guyana meet the ports of certain Caricom members states, “somebody puts up an obstacle”
