Agri Ministry receives pepper seeds produced by CARDI

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha (second from left) receiving the seeds. (DPI photo)

Officials from the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) yesterday handed over a quantity of pepper seeds that were produced by the institute to assist the government with its ongoing flood relief efforts.

A release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said that during the meeting, CARDI Guyana’s Officer-in-Charge & Integrated Pest Management Specialist, Jhaman Kundun said that they were able to understand the level of devastation the recent floods had on the sector and are therefore willing to offer full support to the government with ongoing flood relief efforts.