Access dams leading to farmlands in deplorable condition – Region 2 farmers

Rice and cash crop farmers living in various communities along the Essequibo Coast, Region Two are calling on the administration to give priority to access dam leading to cultivation areas. Rice farmers in particular related that several access dams leading to their rice lands are in deplorable conditions.

This newspaper was told that often times farmers are stuck along their way to the public road whilst transporting their produce.
“We need better farm to market access road in Region Two, the rainy conditions have worsened the state of most the dams and to get to your land its is so difficult,” a farmer related.
Another farmer noted that recently he was journeying to the back dam of Somerset and Berks when the tractor toppled. Luckily, he said persons jumped off and saved themselves. The farmer related that the trailer toppled due to the muddy dam.
Farmers at various locations including Golden Fleece, Perservance, Colombia, Aberdeen, Aurora, New Road are calling for main access dams leading to cultivation areas to be rehabilitated. Rice farmers are currently in the process of preparing their lands and as such they require good access areas. Farmers are therefore calling on the Region Two Administration to have the access dams upgraded.