{"id":24736,"date":"2024-12-06T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T13:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24736"},"modified":"2024-12-06T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T13:29:17","slug":"14m-model-farm-commissioned-in-berbice-to-boost-sustainable-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/14m-model-farm-commissioned-in-berbice-to-boost-sustainable-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"$14M Model Farm Commissioned in Berbice to Boost Sustainable Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire | November 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A $14-million model farm was commissioned at Talorgie, Corentyne, Berbice, by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha over the weekend, marking another step forward in the drive for sustainable agriculture in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) under the Ministry\u2019s Sustainable Agriculture Development Project (SADP), is the fourth of its kind in the country and the second in Berbice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The model farm features several state-of-the-art facilities, including a storage room, shade house, cattle pen, compost house, small ruminants pen, Black Giant pen, swine pens, and demonstration plots for orchards and high-value crops like bell peppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha highlighted the farm\u2019s potential as a hub for education and training, emphasizing its importance in fostering innovation and sustainability within the agricultural sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the facility is designed to attract farmers and school children, offering hands-on learning opportunities about new and diverse crops cultivated in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also underscored the government\u2019s ongoing efforts to make agriculture appealing to young people by investing in advanced farming infrastructure and training programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured that the model farm would serve as a training center for farmers in Region Six, promoting the adoption of best practices and resilient farming systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aligns with the government\u2019s broader goal of reducing the Caribbean food import bill by 25% by 2025 while ensuring the continued modernization and development of Guyana\u2019s agriculture sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire | November 10, 2024 A $14-million model farm was commissioned at Talorgie, Corentyne, Berbice, by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha over the weekend, marking another step forward in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24736","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=24736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24737,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24736\/revisions\/24737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}