Go-Invest has proposals for agro-processing sector – CEO

Owen Verwey, Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Office for Investment (GINA photo)

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest), Owen Verwey says a number of proposals have been received for agro-processing and he highlighted  the importance of this sector for Guyana’s economic growth.

“Agro-processing is very critical in terms of future development of this economy. We are an agriculture-based or commodity-based economy. We have very large land mass, arable land too”, he said

Verwey told the Government Information Agency that a number of investors, including one