AMCAR pursuing US$2m organic farm

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) will be supporting  Amazon Caribbean Guyana Ltd (AMCAR) in its planned US$2M organic farm in Berbice.

A NAREI release said that the  company plans to invest US$2M in a 500-acre organic farm there for the açaí berry and processed mixed fruits (pineapples, mangoes, watermelons and papaws) in glass jars for export, and in expanding its Berbice Factory in Rosignol to accommodate the higher  production.

Chief Executive Officer of NAREI, Dr. Oudho Homenauth and a team recently met