Deputy Director Farmer-to-Farmer Porgramme, Meghan Olivier, with local officials
The Guyana/ Mississippi Chapter of Partners of the Americas recently met Farmer-to-Farmer Programme Deputy Director Meghan Olivier, who is here to assess the progress of that initiative and several other programmes.
The Farmer-to-Farmer Programme has been in existence since 1991 in U.S., but Guyana started benefiting from this programme in 1996. According to a release from the organisation, volunteers from the U.S. (males and females) visit and assist farmers to solve some of their agricultural problems, such as pest control, soil cultivation, horticulture, apiculture, aquaculture, cattle and dairy production.
The Guyana Chapter launched its shade house project in December 2010 with a grant from the Inter-American Development Bank. This project was executed in collaboration with IICA and CASRI. To date, 320 home-based individuals/families have been trained in shade house techniques, and 156 have started operation.
In addition, 28 others have been established in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten.
This project has been assisting families and individuals to increase their income bases through the production of celery, pakchoy, lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers. The deputy director was also updated by the participants of the American Fellows Business Programme, as well as government programmes.
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