{"id":21353,"date":"2024-07-20T00:13:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21353"},"modified":"2024-07-20T00:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T00:13:13","slug":"region-2-to-benefit-from-major-agricultural-and-drainage-interventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/region-2-to-benefit-from-major-agricultural-and-drainage-interventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Region 2 to Benefit from Major Agricultural and Drainage Interventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By <strong>Josiah Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essequibians are set to benefit from a series of agricultural and drainage interventions following a two-day outreach by Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo and other senior government officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts aim to transform the lives of residents in Region 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference, Dr. Jagdeo addressed the concerns raised by residents regarding the state of the Pomeroon River and the need for drainage and irrigation interventions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured that additional resources are being allocated to address these issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two more excavators are on their way to join the ongoing work in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the government is investing 2.4 billion dollars in drainage and irrigation for the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking office, they have provided two excavators and two pontoons for continuous dredging and empoldering efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers and residents also requested planting materials, and Dr. Jagdeo outlined a comprehensive plan to meet these needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes contracting a group from India\u2019s Teri Institute to establish a tissue culture lab capable of producing four million plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is also expanding all nurseries to support agricultural growth in Essequibo and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tissue culture involves growing plant or animal cells in an artificial environment, allowing them to survive and thrive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This method will significantly enhance the region&#8217;s agricultural capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in Region 2, Dr. Jagdeo met with the business community and youths to hear their concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, he has directed follow-up actions by the Ministers of Industry and Commerce, Human Services, the Board of Industrial Training, and the Guyana Online Academy of Learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams Essequibians are set to benefit from a series of agricultural and drainage interventions following a two-day outreach by Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo and other senior government officials. These&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353","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=21353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21355,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353\/revisions\/21355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}