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Alliance For Change (AFC) representative in Essequibo, Talesh Jaffar has said that a new policy in agriculture is needed to have added value to farm produce.
In Essequibo, he said, a population of some 58,000 cannot survive on the rice industry and therefore employment, a high cost of living and migration are plaguing the region.
According to the AFC politician, the one-sided development of the national economy has led to disruption in the social and economic life of the people.
Charity, he said, should be a port of exit so that rice and other farm produce can be exported while as a port of entry, imports such as cement, fuel, fertilizers and other commodities from the Caribbean could come in.
Jaffar said his party will definitely develop a new and meaningful policy for the nation, while farmers and other producers would have more to earn.
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