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...
‘Most’ of the protocols completed to remove Catfish ban – Agri. Minister
The majority of the protocols that were required to remove the current ban on catfish to the United States are...
Farmers’ market coming to Region Six soon -Minister Mustapha
The Ministry of Agriculture will be partnering with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Six, to host a massive...
Devastated by floods, 200 small scale farmers get $8.9M FAO support
By Shikema Dey shikema@newsroom.gy Bibi Waheeda Hamid of Rosignol, West Coast Berbice lost over $200,000 in livestock last year when...
Facing worsening climate conditions, Guyanese farmers to benefit from crop insurance this year
Guyanese farmers, many of whom faced major losses due to floods in 2021 as climate conditions worsened across the world,...
More money for GuySuCo but dependence on gov’t to be reduced by 2026
The government is expected to make more funds available for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in its 2022 budget but...
Agri. officials in aggressive push to regain lost regional markets
Failure to adhere to regional sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures saw Guyana losing some of its export markets in the...
Low fish catches: Pres. Ali floats new strategies to help fisherfolk rake in millions more
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy The decline in the amount of fish caught by fisherfolk who have been plying their trade...
Young people tapping into multi-billion-dollar vegetable market; potential for millions in profits
In just three years, from 2018 to 2020, Guyana imported about $6 billion in carrots, broccoli and cauliflower but a...
Pres. Ali launches Agri. entrepreneurship programme to empower youth, create jobs
President Dr Irfaan Ali today launched the Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme to bolster the agriculture sector, empower youths and...
Rehabilitating deplorable Laluni, Kuru Kururu access road a priority in 2022 Budget
The access road to the agricultural community of Laluni which runs through Kuru Kururu on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway will soon...
2022 seen as year for hemp production in Guyana
The Guyana Hemp Industries, the company behind the unrelenting activism for the legalisation and production of industrial hemp in Guyana,...
Guyana rakes in close to $40 billion from rice exports
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and recent floods, Guyana’s rice industry remained resilient and raked in close to $40 billion (US$189,232,690)...
63 ponds completed to ramp up production of brackish water shrimp
A total of 63 ponds have been completed as part of the government’s efforts to increase the production of brackish...
Pumps deployed to help reduce flooding in Reg. 3
Persistent rainfall across parts of Guyana’s Coast over the last 48 hours has left many homes in several communities in...
Agri. Minister mulls legal redress to end quarrel between Region #3 farmers, Co-op Society
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday afternoon met with farmers from communities across Region Three and promised a range of...
Transporting food a key focus as production ‘extremely hot’ topic at CARICOM
There have been increasing talks on upping the production and trade of food within the Caribbean region but transporting the...
Heavy rainfall expected until February; farmers encouraged to take precautions
See below the full press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture: Rainfall There’s a high chance for wetter than...
Guyana imports about 40% of its food; President Ali targets self-sufficiency
Agriculture is an important productive sector for Guyana, but with the country still importing about 40 percent of its food,...
