{"id":21460,"date":"2024-07-27T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21460"},"modified":"2024-07-27T01:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:00:17","slug":"agriculture-minister-engages-tuschen-farmers-and-residents-addresses-key-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agriculture-minister-engages-tuschen-farmers-and-residents-addresses-key-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister Engages Tuschen Farmers and Residents, Addresses Key Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Gillis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, conducted a meeting with residents and farmers from Tuschen and surrounding communities in East Bank Essequibo yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The engagement focused on addressing several pressing concerns raised by the local farming community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, participants voiced issues related to land clearing and water supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A farmer from Zeelugt East requested assistance with land clearing for planting crops such as potatoes and cassava, highlighting a need for either financial support or machinery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another farmer raised concerns about the quality of irrigation water, reporting that dirty water had been a persistent problem throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these challenges, Khemraj Narine, Head of the Zeelugt East Farming Group, expressed gratitude for the government&#8217;s previous support and hoped for continued assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the concerns, Minister Mustapha assured the community that the government is committed to addressing the issues raised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that interventions would include clearing farmlands and drainage canals to improve agricultural conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha emphasized that such community engagements are vital for national development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the Ministry of Agriculture has been able to fulfill approximately 1,500 commitments and is working on an additional 300. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister reaffirmed the government&#8217;s dedication to following up on concerns raised during these meetings and to improving agricultural infrastructure and support across the ten administrative regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting underscored the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing local issues and enhancing agricultural productivity through active community involvement and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, conducted a meeting with residents and farmers from Tuschen and surrounding communities in East Bank Essequibo yesterday. The engagement focused on addressing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21460","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\/21460","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=21460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21462,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21460\/revisions\/21462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}