Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill during his meeting with residents [Photo: Department of Public Information/ June 26, 2022]
He continued explaining that “ultimately what we want is you to benefit. We want to see agriculture expand. President Ali is leading an initiative in the Caribbean to reduce the CARICOM food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025. We want you to plant more, we want you to produce more, we want your goods to get to the market but at the same time, we don’t want anybody to lose their lives and we don’t want to waste money. We want to be able to do what is beneficial to all the people.”
Additionally, Minister Edghill explained that the construction of the Del Conte Road will also provide more accessibility for farmers to get their produce to market. The Del Conte Road begins at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, and goes all the way down the East Bank Essequibo area into Goshen. The alignment for the road he said, had been completed and that government is seeking funding for the project. Since taking office in 2020, the PPP/C Government has placed heavy emphasis on agriculture and have made significant investment in the sector through budgetary allocations and bilateral relations to boost agriculture. [Extracted and modified from the department of Public Information]
