The harvester stood forlornly in the flatlands, encircled by tufts of dead, brown grass and shrubs in a field that once gleamed with golden, ripening paddy in the shadows of the Kanuku Mountains.
Over 16 months since it broke down, the harvester is yet to be fixed despite promises by the Guyana Rice Develop-ment Board (GRDB) to do so, William Ramsarran, the deputy toshao of Moco Moco told Stabroek News during a visit to the Region Nine community last week. Patches of rust now cover parts of the harvester which broke down since September 2014. It is a critical piece of machinery for reaping the rice
