Farmers in Berbice will soon have access to a $24 million soil and disease testing centre that could send rice yields even higher.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday noted that the unit is a collaboration between the Nand Persaud Group of Companies and the University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus and it should be in place in about three months.
At the sod turning for the building yesterday at the John’s Science Centre, President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce, Poonai Bhigroog said the initiative is a step in the right direction in advancing agriculture in a region where it is the backbone of the economy.
