Guyana's Ministry of Agriculture is currently putting safe and adequate transportation mechanisms in place for the importation of 1,000 Barbados black belly sheep within two months.
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha said Guyana and Barbados have advanced talks on the initiative.
"We will try to get sufficient transportation to bring 1,000 of the animals to Guyana. I can't give a time stamp, but I am hoping that very shortly, within a month or two they can be available to Guyana," he said.
Zulfikar said Barbados' Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has instructed her Minister of Agriculture and his team to ensure that the small ruminant animals are sent at the earliest.
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali recently launched the Black Belly Sheep Project, as his administration moves to intensify Guyana's agriculture programme.
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