THE Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has said that it has completed 20 percent of the work on the Ebini access road.
The work, which commenced in May, 2017, is scheduled to be completed in 12 months, the ministry said in a release.
The road project, once completed, will significantly boost easy access to savannah lands allowing for easier transport of goods and services. It is part of the government’s efforts to move the country’s agricultural base to the Intermediate and Rupununi Savannahs, the release added.

The road, which will run from Wire Bridge to Tacama, has a value of GY $32M. Thus far, 3.5 kilometres of forested areas has already been cleared. To ensure accountability, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture held discussions with staff of the Ebini Agricultural Station and the Kalkuni Reservation Community on the way forward.
This move is deemed as yet another positive step by government to position the Rupununi and Intermediate Savannahs as a thriving agricultural hub for investors. With government gearing up to move its agricultural base to the savannahs, massive infrastructural works of this nature have commenced to ensure investors have access to key services.

Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, recently led a team on an outreach to Ebini. It was during this outreach that Minister Holder was able to get a first-hand look at the progress made thus far on rehabilitation of the Agriculture Research Station and the area which was earmarked for the access road.
Apart from major infrastructural works, significant investment has been made by Brazilian investor, N.F. Agriculture, in corn and soya bean production. The investors had recently requested an additional 10,000 acres of land, to be placed under cultivation.