With Region Nine’s food supply coming under threat during recent periods of drought and flooding, two groups of women from the Rupununi have set up farine factories as part of ventures intended to not only maintain food security but also to develop cassava farming as a viable enterprise.
The Kanuku Mountains Community Representative Group (KMCRG), of Moco Moco Village, in the South Central Rupununi, and the Wowetta Women’s Agro Processors Group (WWAP), of Wowetta Village, in the North Rupununi, with funding of Cdn$188,000 from the Canadian government, have established farine factories in their respective communities.
