President David Granger on Saturday hailed the Paramakatoi Tomato Project Facility, which will produce sun-dried tomatoes, as an ambitious move towards agro-processing and value added production for the Potaro-Siparuni region.
A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said that he hailed it as a demonstration of Government’s commitment to transforming the economic landscape of the hinterland and the country as a whole. He made the remarks while officially commissioning the project which is a collaborative effort among the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MOIPA), the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) at the University of Guyana, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the Canadian High Commission in Guyana and the people of Paramakatoi in Region Eight.
