{"id":16450,"date":"2024-02-12T20:26:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16450"},"modified":"2024-02-12T20:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:26:31","slug":"fertilizer-distribution-commences-for-rice-cash-crop-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fertilizer-distribution-commences-for-rice-cash-crop-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertilizer Distribution Commences for Rice &amp; Cash Crop Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>By Saskia Warrick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rice and cash crop farmers in Guyana have started receiving the much-needed fertilizer promised by the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 850 million dollars was allocated to provide this assistance, aimed at offsetting the escalating costs of inputs and preventing the burden from being passed on to consumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distribution of fertilizer commenced last Friday in Region 5, where farmers were provided with vouchers to collect the fertilizer from designated distributors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For rice farmers, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) will oversee the distribution based on verified acreage being cultivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to supporting farmers to enhance productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reiterated that such initiatives aim to ensure increased yields and sustainability within the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite challenges posed by El Nino conditions, Guyana continues to surpass cultivation and production targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha expressed confidence in the country&#8217;s ability to overcome these challenges, particularly regarding irrigation for the remainder of the crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the distribution of fertilizer progresses, farmers across the nation are expected to benefit, providing them with essential resources to boost their agricultural activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Rice and cash crop farmers in Guyana have started receiving the much-needed fertilizer promised by the government. Approximately 850 million dollars was allocated to provide this assistance,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450","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=16450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16452,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions\/16452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}