Aside from contributing to the overall CARICOM aim of reducing food imports by 25 per cent by 2025, Guyana has a number of internal initiatives planned as it has set the same internal target which it hopes to attain through initiatives such as agricultural expansion, modern farming initiatives, while ramping up the production of high value crops and building the infrastructure for easier transport of crops, President Irfaan Ali says.
“In Guyana, we have every area and what is targeted by 2025. So you will see ramping up in production in some areas between 25 per cent [and] 100 per cent. You will see some areas from just about 3 per cent to 75 per cent …,” the President remarked at a news conference on Sunday as he held a report on food security.
Ali said that his government has been undertaking “backward and forward” analyses of consumption and demand data and has a plan that will maximise agricultural development of the arable lands available here, even as itbuilds the infrastructure for easy access and transport.
