Guyana on brink of food self-sufficiency but more needs to be done -Granger

Part of the farm (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

President David Granger on Saturday said that while Guyana is on the brink of self-sufficiency, the country must, as a matter of priority, achieve total food security.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the Head of State was at the time delivering the feature address at the commissioning of the Ministry of Social Protection’s Self-Sufficient Agricultural Economic Services Project at the Hugo Chavez Centre at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice.

He called on citizens to ensure that this initiative does not become a side-show.

The President said that despite the