Weather unpredictable due to changing climate

Apr 08, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
We continue to face the hardships due to the El Niño phenomenon whilst our friends in the United States of America got some rains very recently and they are still trying to recover from that situation. The weather patterns these days are unpredictable and are not only affecting us.
El Niño is really having an adverse effect on us in Guyana. The loss of crops, both rice and traditional cash crops, as well as livestock, will have a serious impact on our economy. I hope that the work of the relevant agencies responsible for these respective areas vis-à-vis marketing, production etc., are planning ahead.
The current conditions have gone beyond normal and no rainfall has been recorded in some areas. The government of Guyana has constructed a state-of-the-art radar tower to predict prevailing patterns but from the inception to now, the only patterns they can predict are dry conditions. I guess the professionals monitoring this radar must be looking for rains so that they can gain some experience monitoring rainfall and not just sunshine.
I also recognize the many outreaches by senior agriculturists within the system and I am happy to say that during their visit to our area on the Essequibo Coast, many problems that were raised were resolved on site and I must applaud the team for their prompt and immediate response to those problems.
I do hope we get the rains soon and that too, when it does come, I pray to God that it doesn’t bring with it more catastrophe to continue affecting the hard work of the farmers on this land.
Erica Smith

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