{"id":23245,"date":"2024-09-24T13:55:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23245"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:55:32","slug":"new-261-million-pump-station-commissioned-in-region-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-261-million-pump-station-commissioned-in-region-two\/","title":{"rendered":"New $261 Million Pump Station Commissioned in Region Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Farmers in Cozier, Lower Pomeroon, Region Two, are set to benefit significantly from the newly commissioned $261 million pump station, enhancing irrigation and drainage across approximately 5,000 acres of cash crops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project involved the rehabilitation of the existing structure and the installation of an additional pump, providing essential support for agricultural activities in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha announced that the government plans to construct two more pump stations in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these is located at Plantation Andrews and is expected to be commissioned in the coming weeks, while the second station will be situated at Charity, Essequibo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister emphasized the importance of such investments in boosting agricultural production, noting that increased yields result from dedicated governmental support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted plans for agro-processing facilities and hydroponic systems aimed at further enhancing agricultural productivity and food security in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives are part of the regional objective to reduce the food import bill by 25 percent by the year 2025, aligning with the government&#8217;s commitment to transforming Guyana&#8217;s agricultural sector from a primary producer to one that adds value through processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in Cozier, Lower Pomeroon, Region Two, are set to benefit significantly from the newly commissioned $261 million pump station, enhancing irrigation and drainage across approximately 5,000 acres of cash&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23245","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\/23245","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=23245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23246,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23245\/revisions\/23246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}