{"id":15802,"date":"2024-01-24T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15802"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:35:34","slug":"guyana-police-force-and-ministry-of-agriculture-host-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-police-force-and-ministry-of-agriculture-host-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Police Force and Ministry of Agriculture Host Farmers Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Police Force, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, organized the first farmers market of the year at the Police Sports Ground in Eve Leary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event brought together farmers and agro-processors from various regions of Guyana, showcasing a diverse range of produce and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmers market, held at the Police sports ground, featured freshly picked leafy vegetables, vibrant fruits, and a variety of agricultural products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gates opened at 4:30 hours, attracting a large crowd eager to take advantage of the competitive deals and offers available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens expressed their appreciation for the initiative, highlighting the direct link it provides between farmers and consumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers saw the event as an opportunity to sell their produce directly to the market, eliminating intermediaries and ensuring better prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, present at the event, emphasized the government&#8217;s goal of providing citizens with a direct link to farmers to improve the pricing of produce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken mentioned the intent to expand the initiative to include community-based farmers in future events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Farmers Market initiative is part of the government&#8217;s efforts to address rising food prices caused by external factors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aims to create a hub for food production and distribution, promoting interaction between large-scale farmers and communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Police Force, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, organized the first farmers market of the year at the Police Sports Ground in Eve Leary. The event brought&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802","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=15802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15804,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802\/revisions\/15804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}