Project to chop lamb imports kicks off with arrival of black belly sheep

Months after the launch of a major Black Belly Sheep Project in West Coast Berbice by President Irfaan Ali, the first batch of the ruminants  arrived in Guyana yesterday from Barbados.

A total of 112 ewes and 20 rams were among the first of 1,000 sheep slated to arrive here under the initiative between the two governments, which aims at reducing the region’s mutton import bill.

The remainder of the sheep will be transported to Guyana within the coming months.