GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has agreed to satisfy with rice farmers and millers because the harvesting of the second rice crop begins, amid issues from stakeholders relating to the worth being supplied by millers for every bag of paddy being offered to them.
A authorities assertion introduced that Mustapha, accompanied by senior officers from the Guyana Rice Growth Board (GRDB), will seek the advice of with rice farmers and millers throughout the rice-growing areas this week.
These engagements are a part of the Ministry’s continued efforts to advertise open dialogue and collaboration with stakeholders within the rice business. The conferences will concentrate on issues associated to the present crop.
“The Ministry stays dedicated to working intently with all stakeholders within the rice business to help a profitable and productive crop, and to advance the federal government’s broader meals safety agenda,” it added.
Final Friday, two mills introduced that they might offer GUY$2.00 (One Guyana greenback equals 0.004 cents) for a bag of rice.
Nevertheless, the farmers word that the worth is lower than the GUY$3700 supplied by millers for his or her final crop, to which the federal government added an extra GUY$300 for every bag of paddy produced and offered to the mills.
Nevertheless, observers right here word that the current drop in world rice costs has instantly translated into decrease costs being paid to native rice farmers for his or her paddy, with millers citing international market traits as costs have declined from over US$700 per tonne to as little as US$420.
The worth of operational prices, together with gas, fertiliser, and labour, stays excessive, and the farmers say the worth of GUY$2,800 will not be productive.
