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...
Amid fresh calls for GuySuCo CEO’s removal, Pres. Ali calls for unity
Following what has been deemed the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) lowest production in the history of the industry, the Guyana...
‘Not business as usual’ – Pres. Ali tells GuySuCo management
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy President Dr Irfaan Ali on Tuesday convened a meeting with the management of the Guyana Sugar...
Global food prices are soaring, rice could be next
CNBC- Food prices have been on the rise in the past few months. And rice, a staple food in much of...
Critical machinery for GuySuCo as almost $500M in contracts signed
Several agencies that fall under the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday signed a total of 12 contracts amounting to some...
Guyana to update laws to ensure safer production, packaging of food – IICA
Guyana will soon receive assistance to strengthen its legislative framework under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) programme by the...
Emergency measures to ease flooding in Cookrite Savannah – Agri Ministry
Following a meeting with several cattle farmers from Black Bush Polder on the Corentyne Coast in Region Six, Agriculture Minister,...
$300M fertiliser support for Region Six farmers
Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) farmers will soon benefit from $300 million in fertiliser support from the government, as efforts continue...
Overseas investor to set up greenhouses, grow berries near Linden/ Soesdyke highway
An overseas investor is seeking to grow berries near Guyana’s Linden/ Soesdyke highway, as part of efforts to reduce Guyana’s...
Bajans spent millions on Guyanese products
There was an overwhelming interest in the locally-made products at the recently concluded agro-fest in Barbados and Head of the...
Fisherfolk to receive $150k cash grant by next week; urged not to cheat the system
By Lazeena Yearwood Distribution of the one-off $150,000 cash grants promised to the country’s fisherfolk by the government will commence...
All fisherfolk to get one-off $150,000 cash grant
As part of further efforts to cushion substantial price hikes, President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that fisherfolk across...
A CARICOM food stamp? Guyana tasked with pushing regional food consumption
Guyana is leading an aggressive food security agenda within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and with plans afoot to increase food production,...
Demerara Bank’s game-changing loan plan to slash rice farmers’ woes
A new farmers’ credit line programme, offered by Demerara Bank Limited, promises to slash many of the woes rice farmers...
No more expensive ‘frozen imports’ with new Guyana/ B’dos seafood plan
A new seafood farming plan between Guyana and Barbados could see tourist-dependent countries cutting an expensive import bill, Prime Minister...
Unless old habits change, ‘food catastrophe’ will hit Caribbean – Pres. Ali
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Global events are likely to contribute to a shortage of food and President Dr. Irfaan Ali...
Access to farmlands for Barbados as relations deepen with Guyana
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Access to farmlands, promoting tourism opportunities and supporting young people are among the key efforts towards...
President Ali leads delegation to ‘Agro Fest’ in Barbados
President Dr Irfaan Ali is leading a delegation to attend ‘Agro Fest’- the National Agricultural Exhibition -to be held at...
CARICOM SG lauds Ali’s leadership of regional Agri. sector in Independence Day message
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has congratulated the Government and People of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s Fifty-Sixth...
