{"id":20698,"date":"2024-06-19T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20698"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:12:48","slug":"mega-hope-like-canal-to-be-constructed-in-region-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/mega-hope-like-canal-to-be-constructed-in-region-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega Hope-like Canal to be Constructed in Region 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Drainage and irrigation in Region 3 are set to improve significantly with the construction of a Hope-like canal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha during a visit to the region on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Agriculture Minister emphasized the critical role of drainage and irrigation in increasing agricultural output by mitigating flooding and protecting crops and livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The new canal signals the government\u2019s continued investment in transforming Guyana into the breadbasket of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha stated that the design for this massive project is currently underway and will be completed soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the importance of residents paying their rates and taxes to support ongoing and future development initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the government is committed to providing funding, community contributions are also essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Mustapha explained that investments are being made to ensure farmers have access to adequate planting materials and other inputs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This support is being facilitated through the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drainage and irrigation in Region 3 are set to improve significantly with the construction of a Hope-like canal. This announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha during a visit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20698","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\/20698","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=20698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20700,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20698\/revisions\/20700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}