Bridgetown.
One of Barbados leading businessmen has established a mega farm at Santa Fe in the Upper Takutu -Upper Essequibo region in Guyana.
Sir Kyffin Simpson, the owner of SOL Oil, the premier supplier of petrolum products to the Caribbean basin has made a multimillion-dollar investment in the farm which will be producing will be producing rice, corn, soya, cow beans, guar and eventually moso bamboo trees primarily for export.
Already 10 000 acres are being prepared for cultivation and this will be extended by another 30 000 acres as production is steadily increased. Sir Kyffin has the option of tripling this acreage if the venture proves successful.
The project has just started and all the necessary infrastructure, such as irrigation, drainage canals and a pump system, is being put in place.
A state-of-the-art rice mill with huge silos to store the paddy harvested has been commissioned and by the end of June the first rice crop comprising 120 acres is expected to be reaped.
