General Secretary of the Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj has confirmed that a farmer sold seed paddy by the association did encounter some issues with germination but he maintains that tests have found that nothing was wrong with it.
Through the Ministry of Agriculture, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) had stated that rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast were telling different stories to “the one told in Parliament” last week by Seeraj.
Speaking to Stabroek News on Monday, Seeraj denied that he had made any claims about seed paddy in the National Assembly.
