Land still to be assessed for China Paper investment – Ramsammy

Guyana is far away from paper production, but that has not stopped the Agriculture Ministry from looking ahead at managing the future intellectual property rights of established germplasm through a US$100 million investment with China Paper.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy told Stabroek News that the Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) with China Paper is the first step in establishing a nursery that will produce permanent plants with independent heredity.

He said that the MOU is in its beginning stages, with a preliminary agreement to award the