{"id":23872,"date":"2024-11-07T12:31:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23872"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:31:57","slug":"new-excavators-to-improve-drainage-and-irrigation-in-regions-5-and-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-excavators-to-improve-drainage-and-irrigation-in-regions-5-and-6\/","title":{"rendered":"New Excavators to Improve Drainage and Irrigation in Regions 5 and 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of residents and farmers in Regions 5 and 6 are set to benefit from improved drainage and irrigation as the Ministry of Agriculture recently handed over five excavators to the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA\/ADA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This equipment, worth millions, will enhance productivity and reduce flood risks in these agricultural communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two mini-excavators, valued at approximately 27 million Guyanese dollars, were handed over to Region 5 to aid in community drainage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operators Venita Chatergoon and Divya Ragbir expressed enthusiasm for the opportunity to support local agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chatergoon noted that the work will make farm access easier, while Ragbir shared excitement about becoming a heavy-duty operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, three more excavators, including a long-boom excavator, were deployed to Region 6 for use in cultivation and residential areas under the Flood Risk Management Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha emphasized that MMA\/ADA would collaborate with local authorities to implement a comprehensive work schedule, with an aim to operate the machinery seven days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives will address flood-prone areas by improving drainage, benefiting the agricultural sector and communities alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2024 Hundreds of residents and farmers in Regions 5 and 6 are set to benefit from improved drainage and irrigation as the Ministry of Agriculture recently handed over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23872","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\/23872","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=23872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23873,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23872\/revisions\/23873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}