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Morawhanna slated as key Caribbean agriculture export port
By Gary Eleazar
Morawhanna is a small fishing/farming community in the Barima River in Region One, close to the Venezuelan border. Its residents are currently of the view that they have been abandoned.
The fishing complex and wharf
One reason is the fact that the fishing complex that provided the several fishermen from neighbouring communities with a facility to preserve their catch so that they can be transported to far-flung areas such as Port Kaituma, is no longer operational and the promise of new Trinidadian ownership now seems elusive. The complex has been closed for several months now and no change is in sight, according to one of the residents.
When contacted, Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, said that there has been no formal agreement concluded with the Trinidadian investor but he has started to use the Morawhanna facility for fuel-related activities.
According to Persaud, the plan is to make that point a key Caribbean agriculture export port and food processing facility.
He did point out, however, that discussions are taking place to also maximise the use of the facility.
“Getting this facility up and running is part of the strategic plan for agriculture development in Region One,” according to Persaud.
Recently, when this publication, visited the locale, one resident had said that “it is as if Morawhanna is the village that the administration forgot.
The complex had provided desperately-needed employment for several in the village plus the spin-off benefit of persons mooring at the complex to conduct business at the few shops that exist.
“Ever since that place closed, business just get very slow.”
The Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) has also shut shop in that community and has abandoned a depot that it had in place to provide fuel for fishermen and others in the community.
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