Georgetown : President Donald Ramotar told Toshaos at the closing of the National Toshaos council (NTC) meeting last evening that with plans in the making to upgrade the Linden/Lethem road into an all weather thoroughfare, there can be heightened agriculture production in areas in close proximity.
“I’m sure a road like that will stimulate agriculture production in your own areas because you will have bigger markets to sell to, and many of the products you can produce in the interior communities,” President Ramotar said.
Market access has often been one of the main challenges for farmers in the hinterland and remote areas largely because of the absence of the right infrastructure. Such is the case with Kimbia in Region Ten where 20,000 pounds of red beans are sitting.
“Even though many of the products you can produce in the interior communities, it is still cheaper to import them from abroad because of the lack of infrastructure,” President Ramotar said.
The availability of vast arable lands in the Rupununi region where the Linden Lethem road passes was the target of a Hinterland Rice and Beans Project- for the indigenous communities of the Rupununi Savannahs.
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