Agriculture
Over 90 trained in advancing climate-smart agriculture in Guyana
Press Release: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), successfully conducted a series of training sessions on Integrated Crop Production Management and Digital Sensor Systems under Protected Cultivation. The training commenced at the Mangrove Centre...
Guyana strengthening disease surveillance, veterinary systems to secure livestock sector
Disease surveillance and veterinary services are being prioritised as Guyana ramps up its efforts to produce high quality livestock and...
Another record-breaking rice harvest as production surpasses 800,000 tonnes
Guyana’s rice industry is on track to achieve another historic year, with production already surpassing the 800,000-tonne mark before the...
Guyana makes pitch for more US support amid focus on production, trade
The United States (US) government restated its pledge of US$28 million to boost food production in the Caribbean but President...
Farmers receive swine from Agri ministry to increase pork production
Efforts to increase Guyana’s pork production continue with the Ministry of Agriculture donating 20 swine to farmers with the intention...
$32 million in equipment donated to boost agriculture in Kato, Monkey Mountain
See full press release from the Ministry of Agriculture: As part of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Rural Agriculture Infrastructure Development...
Gov’t suspends 3% processing fee on milk, dairy products
The government has suspended the three per cent processing fee on the invoice price from milk and dairy products, a...
Shade-house, tools to push agriculture handed over to Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Less than a week after meeting with members of the Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday...
Over 200 households affected as faulty sluice door collapses at Providence
Residents living at Peter’s Hall and Providence, East Bank Demerara, early Thursday morning woke up to floodwaters in their yards...
Govt calls on Surinamese Govt to fulfill promise to Guyanese fishermen
The Government of Guyana is calling on the Surinamese Government to fulfill its promise to issue fishing licences to Guyanese...
Gov’t diversification efforts yield results as non-oil economy grows by 8.3%
Although Guyana’s economic growth, recorded at 36.4 per cent for the first half of 2022, is largely credited to the...
$96M to procure fertilisers for cash crop farmers
Three agencies that fall under the Ministry of Agriculture signed contracts on Thursday totalling $161.7 million to improve the agriculture...
‘Maximum verification’ before fisherfolk receive $150k cash grant – Mustapha
As fisherfolk await a promised one-off $150,000 cash grant, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday said he wants a...
GAWU calls on Forestry Commission to pay workers owed
See below full statement from the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU): Several former workers of the Guyana Forestry...
More Brahman cattle for breeding improvement project to arrive in Sept
In efforts to improve the genetic buildup of cattle in Guyana, some 60 Brahman cattle from the United States of...
$24M grader to boost rice production in Reg. 6
Rice farmers in Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) will soon benefit from a more efficient access dam maintenance programme...
Albion/Port Mourant Estates employees to get incentive for surpassing production target
Employees of the Albion/Port Mourant Estate surpassed the weekly production target for the second consecutive week and will receive an...
National Science Fair finals and Expo slated for this weekend
After several competitions at the regional level over the past weeks, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s National Science...
Guyanese agro-processors can get $1M, training to push their businesses
At least 40 Guyanese agro-processors can access much-needed business training and $1 million in interest-free financing to expand their businesses...
Farmers’ markets for East Bank, Reg. 2 & 3 being discussed – Min. Mustapha
See the full statement from the Ministry of Agriculture below: Following the successes of the previous farmers’ markets organized...
‘We will condemn ourselves if Caribbean food plan not supported’- Rowley tells importers
There seems to be growing concern that the ambitious regional food security plan will not find favour among some importers...
