{"id":15541,"date":"2024-01-15T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15541"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:35:10","slug":"president-ali-advocates-integrated-farming-approach-in-coverden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-advocates-integrated-farming-approach-in-coverden\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Advocates Integrated Farming Approach in Coverden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali conducted a meeting with residents of the Coverden community at &#8216;Cherry Farm&#8217; on Friday afternoon, focusing on addressing community issues and identifying opportunities for development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president emphasized the importance of adopting an integrated approach to farming within the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverden, with approximately 58 farmers, was challenged by President Ali to collaborate effectively, considering the limited land resources in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 200 acres of farmland collectively managed by a farmers\u2019 group, he urged the community to explore integrated farming models for large-scale food production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali proposed a shared management responsibility in implementing an integrated farming approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support this initiative, the government pledged to provide the necessary infrastructure, complemented by extension services and additional support from the Ministry of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns about water accessibility were raised by farmers, particularly as they expanded into the backlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali assured the implementation of new transmissions in the area, with interim measures involving providing farmers materials to facilitate their own water connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha highlighted ongoing efforts to improve the drainage system in the area, with over $70 million invested in clearing six canals and ongoing work on a large drainage canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, a resident requested the construction of a community center, to which President Ali responded positively, stating that once the community identifies a suitable piece of land, the government will support the construction of the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The engagement with the Coverden community reflects President Ali&#8217;s commitment to grassroots development, addressing immediate concerns, and fostering long-term sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>[Kristin Josiah, NCN News]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali conducted a meeting with residents of the Coverden community at &#8216;Cherry Farm&#8217; on Friday afternoon, focusing on addressing community issues and identifying opportunities for development.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15541","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=15541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15543,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15541\/revisions\/15543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}