PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Promises, promises and more promises. This is what angry farmers said they been receiving over the years from the Government. Various farming associations falling under the umbrella of the National Food Crop Farmers Association (NFFA) protested yesterday at the Norris Deonarine Wholesale Market, Macoya. At the protest, they held placards, banners and threw pumpkins and vegetables.
The farmers said over the past few years they had to deal with low food costs, flooding, thieves, unfair prices for goods and a lack of accommodation at the market. Public relations officer Barath Rampersad called for intervention not only from the Government but from anyone who could assist. He is seeking the Government’s assistance to also subsidise products, such as fertilisers, insecticides and labour. “We are here to highlight all the ills the farmers in T&T are suffering as food crop farmers.