 jacobs agro poised to make mark on local market jacobs agro poised to make mark on local market jacobs agro poised to make mark on local market webmaster mon 2252019 854 when mark jacobs a university of guyana ug student started experimenting with chemical research and delving into agro processing he never imagined that his work would lead to the establishment of a company poised to make its mark on the local and international markets according to information posted on the ministry of finance jacobs agro located at hauraruni linden soesdyke highway has received recognition from minister of finance winston jordan who toured the farm last week among other things jacobs agro produces and processes by drying a range of products including cassava tumeric ginger pepper celery parsley thyme lime lemon and annatto the company also processes jams in at least three different flavours including sorrel and passion fruit the company is also into processing some 30000 pounds of pepper per month other products will be produced at 5000 pounds each monthly without preservatives or any other chemicals the items are dried packaged and ready for the market minister jordan took a particular interest in the processing of seasoning which jacobs explained is produced without salt or any other chemical compound if you can show that you can experiment with the natural herbs without salt you can get a proper flavour minister jordan said second from left jacobs agro proprietor mark jacobs and minister of finance winston jordan at center and staff display some of items produced at the hauraruni linden soesdyke highway farm jacobs is currently working along with a university of guyana s ug student who is engaged in chemical research and will be collaborating with the institution to work on some products he explained that each of the items processed will be tested he said the company has a bank of information on the quality and nutritional content of what is being produced the finance minister was also impressed with the quality of flour produced from cassava the flour is being used to make a host of products including bread and pancakes according to him while wheat flour is the goto healthy flour many persons are not aware of the nutritional value of the cassava flour minister jordan said it would be a good thing if the product comes to the local market more and more people are talking healthy and are trying to experiment with more of the flours including eddo cassava rice and now you re talking about banana flour he said all the products are local and can be grown here the company is said to also have done trials with the cassava flour according to jacobs it was taken to a local restaurant and the reception was remarkable on display today at the soesdyke highway farm was the purely dried mango fruit which is produced by the aishalton and shulinab women s group the great thing about it is that it is all guyanese and is collaboration between residents in region four and region nine we should be putting stuff like this in our dutyfree shops at ogle and cheddi jagan international airports and when we are going on our trips we can introduce it to the diaspora so that they understand that lots of work occurring in guyana to ensure that we are diversified in terms of food the minister said as he commended the move he reiterated the government s strong support for local manufacturers and producers he said it is time local producers get the encouragement to get their ideas and products off the ground newsource  https wwwkaieteurnewsonlinecom 20190224 jacobsagropoisedtomakemarkonlocalmarket  