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...
Emirates Future Group eyes investment in red meat, trade of livestock
The Emirates Future Group, one of the largest Emirati companies investing in food production, is looking at investing in Guyana...
Workplace deaths in agri. sector flagged by Labour Ministry
Though there has been a decrease in both the number of workplace deaths and accidents in 2021, Guyana’s Labour Ministry...
‘No lock-out’ – Mustapha says Local Content law not blocking Trini investments
By Shikema Dey Shikema@newsroom.gy Guyana has been courting investors in Trinidad and Tobago, making it clear that the country’s Local...
‘We’re creating a brand’ – Agri. Minister says as Guyana, Barbados pushing food agenda
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says concrete plans to import sheep from Barbados and construct a new...
Millers now paying $63k per tonne of paddy- Agri Minister
Aggrieved rice farmers of Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, are now forced to accept $63,000 per tonne of paddy from millers...
Local wheat production ‘very promising’; Guyana moves to counter Russian/Ukraine food fallout
A global shortage of wheat, stemming from the Ukraine/Russia crisis, has impacted many countries, including Guyana, but Agriculture Minister Zulfikar...
Region Two rice farmers get $200 increase in paddy price
Two days after rice farmers from Region Two (Pomeroon – Supenaam) began protesting for an increase in paddy price, Minister...
Rice farmers in Reg. 2 protest paddy price
Scores of rice farmers in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest demanding higher prices for paddy. The...
Millers agree to pay rice farmers $65k per tonne of paddy
Aggrieved rice farmers from Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, will now be paid $65,000 per tonne of paddy rice after the...
Guyana joins world-renowned Yoga Guru’s ‘Save Soil Movement’
In keeping with the objectives outlined in the government’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was...
Pork production expected to increase by over 880,000 pounds
Guyana’s development is moving at an incredibly fast pace leaving a gap for more food products. As a result, the...
Greater mutton production in Caribbean could see $8.9B earned yearly- Pres. Ali
Countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been spending billions to import mutton every year, but a new partnership between...
Pres. Ali touts creation of more jobs at Enmore & Albion
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy The Irfaan Ali-led government continues to invest in reviving Guyana’s age-old sugar industry and now, with...
With Guatemala as new partner, Guyana eyes coffee & palm oil production
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana and Guatemala have entered into fresh bilateral talks that could see Guyana producing coffee and...
Higher food prices possible with Ukraine- Russia conflict – PM Mottley
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a surge in the price of food and other commodities but Barbadian Prime Minister...
Guyana ready to collaborate with Central American countries on food security – President Ali
President Irfaan Ali told the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/Central American Integration System (SICA) Summit that Guyana is ready to collaborate with...
Chicken shortage: Christmas, bonus, ease in COVID restrictions caused high demand
There has been a noticeable shortage in poultry supply across the country, sparking public frustration and the high cost of...
CARICOM heads laud Ali’s proposals to cut food imports; investment conf. slated for Guyana in May
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali has been praised for his proposals to cut the Caribbean’s massive...
