With parts of the country’s agricultural sector now seemingly recovering from the ravages of the recent flooding, there are signs that the country’s farmers have lost none of their pride in their earned reputation of being in possession of the food basket of the region. Charity, however, begins at home, and some farmers and sellers alike, from across the country, have resumed their accustomed weekly treks to far-flung communities to market their produce.
On Saturday, as a Stabroek Business team was heading to Linden to check on how farmers in the mining town were faring, we spotted one of a number of trucks that customarily make their way there to market a range of produce that includes vegetables, chicken, fish, and fruit. Azad Khan (he answers to the highly unusual sobriquet ‘Stop and Look’) and his wife Nadira had travelled from Paradise on the Essequibo Coast and were enroute to Linden to market their produce there.
