Gya: China does get around

GUYANA is likely to venture in mushroom cultivation during the second half of this year, as a visiting Chinese technical assessment team says conditions here are suitable for producing the increasingly consumed vegetable.

A four-member Chinese team led by Zhang Jianwe yesterday met Minister of Fisheries, Crops and Livestock and acting Minister of Agriculture, Satyadeow Sawh, Director of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Dr. Oudho Homenauth and Agricultural Research Scientist, Dr. Mohamed Faroze.

The Chinese team is here to assess experimental work here done to identify mushroom species that suitable to the Guyanese climatic and environmental conditions.