{"id":17618,"date":"2024-04-02T18:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17618"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:02:59","slug":"president-ali-announces-agricultural-developments-in-region-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-announces-agricultural-developments-in-region-6\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Announces Agricultural Developments in Region 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has unveiled new initiatives aimed at expanding agricultural production in Region Six, bringing potential economic growth to the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President announced these developments over the weekend, signaling a significant boost to the region&#8217;s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional economic pillar of Berbice, the sugar industry, will undergo further enhancement with the clearance of an additional 5,000 hectares of land for cultivating new varieties of sugar cane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali revealed that these lands will be mechanized for sugar production, with the Skeldon Estate in Region Six set to benefit from this expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his statement, President Ali emphasized the importance of modernizing the sugar industry, which includes providing training for workers to adapt to the mechanized processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, plans are underway to construct new drainage canals in Region Six, akin to the successful Hope canal on the East Coast of Demerara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali highlighted that these canals aim to mitigate flooding in the region, potentially reducing the risk by up to 70 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon his government&#8217;s return to office, President Ali reiterated the commitment to reviving various sectors, including sugar, forestry, and other nontraditional industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative underscores the government&#8217;s dedication to fostering economic growth and development in Region Six and across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has unveiled new initiatives aimed at expanding agricultural production in Region Six, bringing potential economic growth to the area. The President announced these developments over the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17618","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\/17618","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=17618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17620,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17618\/revisions\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}