Mocha farmers separation from their land nearing an end

President Ali addressing residents of Mocha Arcadia on Sunday September

Relieved at the end of the flooding that had seriously affected their farming pursuits for the better part of two years, the members of the Mocha Arcadia Multi-Purpose Agricultural Society are looking forward to returning to their land, livestock and livelihoods.

For more than a year, the Stabroek Business had been tracking the travails of a community that had earned a reputation for turning out a reliable farmers’ market. Their wide array of fruits, vegetables and meats had attracted regular patronage from miles around. Consumers habitually made their way to the widely popular Mocha Sunday Market from several considerably distant villages on the East Bank Demerara, west of the Demerara River and from Georgetown.