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$40M Rice Factory to be commissioned in January
– Will help produce more pure rice seed
Come next year, a larger quantity of pure rice seed will be produced for farmers across Guyana by the New Rice Seed Factory which will be commissioned in another few weeks, according to Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy.
The Minister of Agriculture made this announcement during his press briefing yesterday at his head office.
According Dr. Ramsammy, the new factory which is an Agriculture Sector Support
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy.
Programme (ASSP), is located at Number 56 Village, Corentyne, and is intended to increase Guyana’s capacity to produce pure variety rice seeds for farmers.
He said that the factory cost $40M “but there were associated things that are not included in that cost.” Some of the associated things are the building of a road and installing a built in generator.”
Kaieteur News understands that the production of pure variety seeds is important since Guyana is pursuing a greater yield for rice. The factory will aid rice farmers in obtaining pure variety seeds for the rice they are planting.
The Minister added that at present, there is a need for about 180,000 bags of seed paddy to support the rice industry in Guyana. “When it (the new factory) is fully operational, it will be able to produce 20,000 bags of pure rice seeds per crop.”
He added that the level of production is expanding and there will be a need for more than 180,000 bags of seed paddy.
According to the Minister, the Rice Research Centre, a facility that produces pure rice seed that has the capacity to generate 10,000 bags per crop, when joined with the yet to be commissioned Rice Seed Factory at Number 56 Village, will have a total capacity of 60,000 bags of rice seed. “Since Guyana needs 180,000 bags, the rest of it comes from the farmers themselves,” Ramsammy added.
Kaieteur News was told that the Government of Guyana is focusing on building these rice facilities because rice is very important to Guyana’s development.
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