Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha and a team of senior officers from the ministry on Friday told farmers from along the Pomeroon River in Region Two that they will soon benefit from an improved drainage and irrigation system and aid with planting materials.
According to a Ministry of Agriculture press release, the minister, who was hosting meetings at Jacklow and Marlborough, said that his ministry had included a proposal to procure a pontoon, outfitted with two excavators into its 2021 Budget.
Mustapha also promised the farmers and residents that the pontoon and excavators will remain in the Pomeroon, once they’ve been approved in the budget estimates. Over the past few weeks, several communities along the Pomeroon River had experienced severe flooding, which was a result of constant rainfall and the overtopping of the Pomeroon River, leaving almost 150 households severely affected.
