{"id":21527,"date":"2024-07-27T02:21:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21527"},"modified":"2024-07-27T02:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:21:51","slug":"region-six-to-begin-spraying-campaign-against-paddy-bug-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/region-six-to-begin-spraying-campaign-against-paddy-bug-infestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Region Six to Begin Spraying Campaign Against Paddy Bug Infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Spraying of farmlands in Region Six is set to commence soon as part of a new initiative to combat the paddy bug infestation affecting rice fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha announced the intervention, emphasizing the importance of the region to Guyana&#8217;s rice industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha revealed that the infestation is currently the primary issue facing farmers in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) will collaborate with local farmers to provide the necessary chemicals and conduct the spraying operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This proactive measure aims to safeguard the 68,000 acres of rice under cultivation in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the urgency of the situation, the decision was made to forgo aerial spraying in favor of more targeted methods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha explained that this approach would be more effective and safer for the rice crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the spraying campaign, improvements in drainage and irrigation are planned, with several outfalls to be cleared in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These enhancements are expected to provide significant relief to farmers and help boost rice production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers in Region Six are optimistic that these measures will help them exceed this year\u2019s rice production target of 710,000 tonnes, compared to 653,000 tonnes achieved last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spraying of farmlands in Region Six is set to commence soon as part of a new initiative to combat the paddy bug infestation affecting rice fields. Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21527","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\/21527","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=21527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21532,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21527\/revisions\/21532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}