{"id":13033,"date":"2023-10-06T18:42:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13033"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:42:52","slug":"agriculture-minister-engages-farmers-in-region-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agriculture-minister-engages-farmers-in-region-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister Engages Farmers in Region Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>During a visit to Region Five over the weekend, the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, met with farmers in Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, to address their concerns and challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Livestock Development Authority&#8217;s efforts to develop cattle pastures were highlighted, aiming to support cattle rearing in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers expressed their concerns about access to grazing lands for their cattle, as well as issues related to cattle entering rice fields, leading to significant losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the Ministry&#8217;s sub-agencies are planning to implement new programs that will work alongside farmers to modernize their plots and implement climate-smart agriculture practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha assured the farmers that since the government assumed office in 2020, there has been a notable increase in agricultural activities in Guyana to enhance the food system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also mentioned plans to develop 5,000 acres of pastures, benefiting farmers in the region. Additionally, a 65-acre plot will be designated for small-scale farmers in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Ministry is working on establishing a Germplasm Facility to provide farmers with essential planting materials, supporting large-scale production of various fruits and vegetables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aligns with the government&#8217;s goal to reduce the regional food import bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a visit to Region Five over the weekend, the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, met with farmers in Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, to address their concerns and challenges.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13035,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033\/revisions\/13035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}