Kuru Kururu Farmers benefit from Smart Agro-Processing Facility

The Smart Agro-Processing facility will aid economic development for farmers of Kuru Kururu and surrounding areas. 

Along with the Kuru Kururu Farmers Crops and Livestock Association, the facility is housed at the old Kuru Kururu workshop building, which was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Support for the project came from the Basic Needs Trust Fund and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. The Guyana Energy Agency provided consultation and the labour for the project.

Senior Energy Engineer at the Guyana Energy Agency, Vickash Gokoel noted that Guyana’s low carbon development strategy 2030 is geared towards a massive expansion of renewable and clean energy across the country.

“Renewable and energy and energy efficiency development, continues to play a pivotal role in Guyana’s ongoing energy transformation, the Government of Guyana is committed to achieving a low-carbon economy and advancing the nation’s transition away from conventional energy sources,” Gokoel said.

The facility produces jelly and different products made of eddo, which is the main crop in the area, with the community producing more than a million pounds of eddo per month.

Carlyle Noble, a farmer, said he now has to worry less about the market for his eddoes.

“…The farmer can produce on a larger scale at this point because I think their confidence has been built, in terms of farming. After all, they know that when they produce, they have somewhere to sell their produce, knowing that this facility will be taking off much of the eddoes that is being produced in the community,” he said.

The GEF Small Grants Programme provides financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people’s well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.

Republished with revision from the Department of Public Information