1,200 tonnes of soya bean to be harvested soon

IN keeping with efforts to reduce Guyana’s and the Caribbean’s food-import bill by 25 per cent by 2025, some 1,200 tonnes of soya beans will soon be harvested.

Agriculture Minister, climate-smart agriculture to achieve this goal.

“ We are seeing new crops that we have started this year. That shows our commitment to diversification in the sector. We are seeing a revolution, a change

Further, the minister related that production will continuously increase to cover at least 25,000 acres.

Over $1.2 billion was allocated in this year’s budget for infrastructural development in Tacama, where soya of road, with the remaining seven kilometres to be completed this year.

In a previous interview with this newspaper, Mustapha explained that if the government is able to further expand production within the next three years, the country will not only become a sup- plier to the regional market, but will also be self-sufficient in producing its own feed for livestock.

The construction of the first storage and drying facility for corn and soya bean is expected to be completed within the first quarter of this year.

Some $150 million will be invested in the construction of a wharf at the Tacama foreshore, to provide critical access to the area under cultivation. Moco Moco in the North Rupununi is also earmarked for the production of corn and soya bean.

Zuflikar Mustapha, during a meeting with farmers on Wednesday, said the government will continue to invest in the cultivation of new crops and varieties, value-added production, and in the agriculture sector, not only rice and sugar have been dominating our country’s agriculture sector. But we are seeing growth in all of the other sectors,” Mustapha said. is being widely grown. Guyana imports close to US$30 million in feed materials annually.

Access to the area was improved in 2022 with the construction of 40 kilometres