Irish potato pilot project showing promise -NAREI

Potatoes harvested at eight weeks from the pilot project (GINA photo)

The 90-day potato trial project is currently in its eighth week and showing positive results, GINA said yesterday.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and the World University Services of Canada, Caribbean, (Guyana) Incorporated, collaborated to plant five different varieties of Irish potatoes on a quarter-acre plot in Little Biabu, Mahaica Creek.

The project is being executed and funded by the Government of Canada through the