Photo: Department of Public Information, Guyana.
Farmers in Whim/Bloomfield, East Berbice-Corentyne, received 25 garden pumps on Monday, November 9, in a handover intended to improve access to irrigation.
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha presented the equipment, according to DPI’s report published that day. The reported value of each pump ranges from G$75,000 to G$100,000.
The support is intended to help growers manage their water supply and expand cultivation. For someone farming a plot, the day-to-day value of irrigation equipment lies in being able to organise watering around the crop’s needs.
What that changes for a particular grower will depend on use in the field. The equipment handover is the immediate development; the announcement gives no measured production result.
Planting materials to follow
Mustapha also said planting materials and other agricultural inputs would be made available to farmers in the area. Those supplies are still to follow, rather than part of the pump delivery already reported.
The announcement did not set out a collection date or distribution arrangements for the further inputs. Those details will be the next practical update for farmers awaiting the additional support.
