Farmers to benefit from 13 agro-processing facilities this year

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha

In most of the areas, farmers in various farmers’ groups will receive training from the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC). That training is meant to assist them in harnessing the services offered at the facilities.

A slightly different arrangement, however, exists at the Parika agro-processing facility that was recently opened.

There, a newly-formed company, Caribe Snacks, is partially leasing the facility to produce some 200,000 packs of plantain and cassava chips weekly.

Mustapha said this arrangement is only in place for the Parika facility as this venture offers farmers a steady market for their products. But other farmers can still access other services offered there.

“I instructed GMC this afternoon that they must continue the cold storage facility and packaging here for farmers,” Mustapha told the News Room on Friday.

He added, “This facility here will still cater for farmers.

“… Unlike in other areas, we are working with farmers’ groups”