Even higher levels of rice production expected –as 238,698 acres of land under cultivation for 2015 spring crop
Such lush green wondrous rice fields
Such lush green wondrous rice fields

SOME 238, 698 acres of rice lands are under cultivation for the 2015 spring crop to be harvested within the next two months.

This figure is slightly above the acreage cultivated for spring crop 2014 and is indicative of possibly equal or even higher levels of production this year over last year, Deputy General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development (GRDB), Mr Madanlall Ramraj, disclosed Wednesday.
Some 237,000 acres had been cultivated in the spring crop of 2014.
Ramraj added that sowing for this spring crop has been completed and the crop was generally benefiting from very favourable weather conditions.
He said that the GRDB saw no need at the moment for advisories with respect to pests and diseases but was closely monitoring the situation.
He disclosed too that some farmers in Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) who planted early are already preparing to commence harvesting by this month -end.
Acreages on the ground are as follows : Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) 37710 acres; Region 3 (Essequibo/West Demerara) -22047 acres; Region 4 (Demerara/Mahaica) 8757 acres; Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) 107,224 acres; Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne) 62159 acres and Region 9 (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) 800 acres.
He said that the high-yielding variety GRDB 10 introduced in 2008 is the variety comprising most of the crop currently under cultivation.

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