Protecting… the rice industry

Protecting… the rice industry

One of the unique aspects of our Guyanese heritage is our rice industry – which today has faaar surpassed sugar – once the reason for our country’s existence!! While it ain’t widely known, rice was grown by enslaved Africans – but was a different type than the one we have now – and grown by a different method. That variety was from Africa and was grown in dry soil – as opposed to what the indentured Indians brought, which was cultivated in wet c…