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Canal rice farmer reaps bounty harvest
A proud Paul Cheong with his bumper rice crop.
-as GRDB pushes new planting system
Several rice farmers across the country have experimented successfully with planting methods and in some cases have more than doubled their yields per acre.
In Canal Number One, at least one farmer, Paul Cheong, has moved from harvesting a mere 20-22 bags of paddy per acre to a staggering 50 bags per acre. And this was at a time when the ravages of El Nino were still being felt across farms in the country.
According to Jaddonauth Persaud, Region Three’s rice supervisor for the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), it is all part of a six-point management practice system that is being introduced across Guyana.
Already, several farmers have doubled their yields without drastically incurring higher costs.
Under the project, farmers have to take into account the time of sowing; planting density; seed treatment; a balanced fertilization; weed control and an effective water management.
Key to the pilot projects is a soil analysis at the rice farm which GRDB, working with the farmer, would determine what kind of nutrients would be needed to meet the basic standard.
Several Canal farmers were on Tuesday briefed on the urgent need to revise the current system of planting since increased yields would translate into more money for farmers.
Additionally, issues on markets, better prices and drainage and irrigation were also raised.
The Farmer’s Field Day in the backdam of Canal Number One was attended by Dharamkumar Seeraj, General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (RPA); Region Three Chairman, Julius Faerber, and General Manager of GRDB, Jagnarine Singh.
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