Hon. Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha donated a number of planting materials and broiler birds to the North Georgetown Secondary School’s Agriculture Science Department.

Today Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha donated a number of planting materials and broiler birds to the North Georgetown Secondary School’s Agriculture Science Department.

After receiving a request from the school, the ministry through the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) donated 256 cabbage seedlings, 256 celery seedlings, 128 lettuce seedlings, 128 tomato seedlings, and 50 broiler chicks.

Minister Mustapha also told the students that the ministry will also be donating feed and a shadehouse to assist with their agriculture science activities at the school. NAREI, through its extension department, will also be assisting the students with technical assistance while conducting their School-Based Assignments (SBAs).