More resilient agriculture sector needed for food security

Current exports on display at the World Food Day Agricultural Fair at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground

In the face of the current arid conditions countrywide due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, President David Granger on Friday said the government’s challenge is making agriculture more resi-lient.

“As we celebrate World Food Day, we are facing an El Niño threat in some parts of the country,” Granger told a large gathering at the Agricultural Fair hosted at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground on Friday to mark World Food Day.

Granger said the Rupununi, which is experiencing a prolonged dry season, has been