The Caribbean Local Economic Development project (CARILED), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local and Regional Development and the Mara Farmers’ Association concluded a five-day training workshop for 30 farmers last week at the Mara Community Centre, Ma Retraite Scheme, East Bank Berbice.
A release from CARILED said that the workshop was a component of the Mara Agricultural Enhancement Project (MAEP), which seeks to increase the productive capacity and crop diversity of farmers in the Mara (California to Germania) area, Region 6.
The workshop was facilitated by specialists from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) – Arnold De Mendonça, Sustainable Rural Development Specialist and
