{"id":13760,"date":"2023-11-09T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13760"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:33:59","slug":"farmers-receive-training-on-multi-purpose-tractor-operation-in-west-coast-demerara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/farmers-receive-training-on-multi-purpose-tractor-operation-in-west-coast-demerara\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Receive Training on Multi-Purpose Tractor Operation in West Coast Demerara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Rice Development Board organized a training session for farmers in Tushen, West Coast Demerara, focused on the operation of a versatile multi-purpose tractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rice stands as Guyana&#8217;s leading agricultural export, contributing approximately 743 million US dollars from 2020 to the present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizing its significance, continuous advancements in agronomic practices are underway to further bolster the rice industry and diversify the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the training, farmers were equipped with the skills to efficiently operate the multi-purpose tractor, capable of tasks such as sowing, applying fertilizers, and pesticide distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K. Mangal Singh, one of the beneficiaries, expressed his appreciation for the initiative, emphasizing the potential impact of such equipment on the industry&#8217;s progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also advocated for similar resources to be made available to small-scale farmers, citing the convenience and benefits they could derive from such machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anticipating a substantial surge, rice production is projected to increase by 79 percent, equivalent to a million metric tonnes, by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reported by Saskia Warrick for NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Rice Development Board organized a training session for farmers in Tushen, West Coast Demerara, focused on the operation of a versatile multi-purpose tractor. Rice stands as Guyana&#8217;s leading&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760","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=13760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13762,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13760\/revisions\/13762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}