Plans for paddy sale to Mexico moving ahead, protocols to be established

From left are: Ricardo Mendoza Mondragon, Director General and Pedro Schettino, President of the Mexican Rice Council along with Agriculture Minister Noel Holder (GINA photo)

Mexico is to establish protocols under which the Guyana Rice Development Board can enable paddy exports to that country.

This was one of the outcomes of a meeting yesterday between Agriculture Minister Noel Holder and senior executives of the Mexican Rice Council, GINA reported

Mexico is one of the countries that Guyana has been eying for paddy sales in the wake of the loss of the Venezuelan rice market. Since the initial phase of negotiations, GINA said yesterday that Guyana has been tasked with