FARMERS at Mainstay-Whyaka are currently reaping a bountiful harvest of organically cultivated pineapples.

The produce is so much that it is presenting a problem of inadequate containers at the processing factory which puts pineapple chunks in jars for export to France, United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

Former Captain of the Amerindian community, Mrs. Mary Williams, who is also a pineapple farmer, said the fruits are processed under strict hygienic conditions.

Some are sold at Anna Regina Market, also on Essequibo Coast but the demand has increased on both the local and international market, she said.

According to her, production has been greater since the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) began offering technical advice on the organic process.