Consistent with its responsibility to deliver a robust food security regime, both at home and as part of its commitment to the wider Carib-bean, the Government of Guyana is pouring “heavy investments (and) innovative techniques” into the bolstering of the country’s agricultural sector, according to a release issued by the Department of Public Information (DPI) earlier this week.
At home, coming on the back of what the DPI says is a commitment to the introduction of shade house farming in communities that include Moblissa, on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, the release quotes Agri-culture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, as saying that the administration was using ‘heavy investments (and) innovative techniques” in order to bolster the country’s agriculture sector. According to the DPI report, the Minister placed the political administration’s focus on the country’s agriculture sector within the context of the “critical role agriculture plays in meeting the increasing demand for food in Guyana and the region.” Not for the first time, the Govern-ment of Guyana has found itself at the helm of a regional initiative to bolster food security.
