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Hydroponics in Guyana farmers

Posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 by admin in Internet Outage

Through years of research determining which elements and their combinations affect plant growth, scientists (inadvertently at first) discovered the first hydroponic formulas. This allowed for greater control over plant nutrition and therefore increased production.

A more than GUY$40 million (US$192.239) investment in hydroponics in Guyana’s capital city is reaping success and the country’s Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud is encouraging other farmers to invest similarly.

Investor Gerald Mekdeci has invested the sum into a hydroponics venture in Georgetown and Persaud said local entrepreneurs have been taking up government’s call to adopt new technology to mitigate the effects of climate change and to improve crop production.