The Ministry of Agriculture today received a drone which will be used to help combat climate change, GINA said. The drone was donated by Dr. Anthony Cummings on behalf of the University of Texas at Dallas, USA.
The handing over of the equipment took place at the Ministry of Agriculture’s Boardroom, Regent Street and was received by the Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock. This was done after the said University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guyana. GINA said that the drone will be used to manage the growth of mangroves along the coast, measure the amount of rainfall in Guyana’s forest while at the same time measuring the amount of carbon in those areas.
The drone is to be utilised by the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute for their Restoration of Mangroves project, and also by the Hydrometeorological Department of the Ministry of Agriculture for rain measurement.
