{"id":26046,"date":"2025-02-01T21:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26046"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:41:50","slug":"four-new-pump-stations-to-enhance-agriculture-sector-in-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/four-new-pump-stations-to-enhance-agriculture-sector-in-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Four New Pump Stations to Enhance Agriculture Sector in Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon, NCN News \u2013 December 30, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has announced the upcoming commissioning of four new pump stations across Guyana, marking a major milestone in the country&#8217;s agricultural development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new pump stations are set to be inaugurated in Trafalgar, Montrose, Liliendall, and Canal Polder in the coming weeks, further bolstering Guyana&#8217;s agricultural infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pump stations will complement four others already commissioned in Adventure, Greenidge Park, Cozier, and Andrews in Region Two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These additions are part of the government\u2019s broader strategy to enhance water management and flood prevention, particularly in regions prone to flooding, ensuring better irrigation and sustainable farming practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha highlighted that since the PPP\/C administration took office in 2020, over five billion dollars have been invested to improve agricultural infrastructure, supporting the sector&#8217;s growth and providing farmers with better facilities to increase productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the commissioning of these new pump stations, Guyana, often referred to as the &#8220;Breadbasket of the Caribbean,&#8221; is set to experience continued growth in its agricultural output and a more resilient sector to tackle challenges posed by environmental conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon, NCN News \u2013 December 30, 2024 Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has announced the upcoming commissioning of four new pump stations across Guyana, marking a major milestone&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26046","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\/26046","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=26046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26047,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26046\/revisions\/26047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}