New rice research centre opens in Region Six
Stabroek News
January 26, 2004
Farmers in the Black Bush Polder, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) will soon receive technical and other assistance in cultivation from the newly constructed research centre at Lesbeholden.
According to the Government Information Agency (GINA), Director of the National Agricultural and Research Institute (NARI), Dr Oudho Homenauth, said the facility will become operational next month. With funding from NARI, the facility was completed this month at a cost of $8 million.
The building was constructed on a site previously used by the Guyana Rice Development Board to conduct experiments and other research work. The research centre will provide technical assistance to farmers along with seedlings, plants for cultivation and information that farmers need to improve their farming techniques in the region.
GINA said that the facility is expected to provide jobs for people in the area and a technical officer will be based there for meeting the needs of farmers.
Farmers, meanwhile, are accessing a variety of plants and seedlings from NARI's facility at Number 63 Village. Similar facilities have been constructed in other regions to improve farming techniques and provide more options to farmers in cultivating several types of crops.