Rising water levels expected to bring relief to farmers in Mahaica, Mahicony areas

Despite dry weather conditions faced by rice farmers, the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) is confident that they will have water throughout the current crop cycle as water levels have started to rise.

Rice farmers in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas, feeling the heat of the El Nino dry season, had resorted to blocking several canals in order to secure water for their own farmlands. As a result, the MMA-ADA had sent out several staff members to monitor