{"id":31861,"date":"2026-09-10T18:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T22:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31861"},"modified":"2026-09-10T18:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T22:08:56","slug":"mp-hussain-urges-water-conservation-among-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/mp-hussain-urges-water-conservation-among-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Hussain urges water conservation among farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8211; amid El Nino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Kyler Rollins <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Region Six, one of the country\u2019s key agricultural&nbsp;regions, have been placed on high alert to conserve water for&nbsp;farming purposes&nbsp;amid the El Nino period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview&nbsp;with NCN News,&nbsp;MP&nbsp;Hussain&nbsp;spoke aboutimportance of&nbsp;farmers practicing&nbsp;effective water management during this time&nbsp;to ensure maximum production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Ensure that we minimize the amount of water that we\u2019re using because you know sometimes people have a tendency to waste water. Water management is important during this dry spell here because we don\u2019t want to find ourselves in a situation where this dry spell period will hamper the production or farming. So, we got to be very careful<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rice farmers too are being urged to use water only when necessary and at specific intervals, helping to reduce excessive water consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those cultivating cash crops, MP Hussain is recommending the use of shade houses, along with other water-saving methods, to maximize production during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>There\u2019s techniques\u00a0that we need to use in terms of planting. The shade house, in terms of cash crop, the shade house method is very good because you use less amounts of water. Then the drip system in the cash crop is also important<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <br>According to the Guyana Hydrometerlogical Service, the current El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon is likely to persist through the remainder of 2026 and into 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this period, Guyana is expected to experience fewer wet days and prolonged dry spells, coupled with higher temperatures and increased evaporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; amid El Nino -by Kyler Rollins Region Six, one of the country\u2019s key agricultural&nbsp;regions, have been placed on high alert to conserve water for&nbsp;farming purposes&nbsp;amid the El Nino period.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[488,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-31861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31861","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31862,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31861\/revisions\/31862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}