Thirty small and medium-scale farmers from Region Four (Demerara – Mahaica) yesterday received inputs to boost their production totaling some $3.3 million, a release from the Ministry of Agriculture said.
This was made possible through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) under Component Two of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Development Programme (SADP). Under Component 2 of the SADP Project funding was allocated for the bolstering of the ministry’s extension system. This included training of both staff and farmers and the establishment of research and demonstration plots. To help with the adoption of the new technology promoted by the ministry, a grant incentive programme (non-cash) was also designed to support small and medium farmers.
