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...
Agricultural support for Reg. 8 boosted with $38M investment
In a bid to improve its extension services in far-flung areas of the country, the National Agriculture Research and Extension...
$60M agro-processing facility completed in Region Two
The $60 million agro-processing facility in Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two) is complete and will soon be outfitted with high-end equipment ahead...
Hampton Court Estates denies it is trying to remove farmers
Hampton Court Estate has denied what it said is a series of “slanderous and erroneous claims” by a small group...
Winches stolen from critical sluices in Region Three
Region Three Regional Officials have reported that on Saturday, November 13, 2021 sometime in the evening, the winch that is...
Leading agriculture company from UAE eyes investment in Guyana
See full statement from the Ministry of Finance below: Today hosted a virtual follow-up meeting between Elite Agro LLC and...
Leaders pledge to save trees at COP26, while Indigenous people ask for land rights
This story was written by Vishani Ragobeer for Climate Tracker Immaculata Casimero, a Wapichan indigenous woman from Guyana, says her...
Agri. Minister intervenes as Reg. 3 farmers suffer millions in losses
By Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has committed to looking into issues affecting farmers on the West...
$68M plugged into planting more mangroves to protect East Coast residents
SBM Offshore, an energy company operating in Guyana, has plugged $68 million into mangrove restoration efforts along the East Coast...
Conservation body using drone tech to monitor offshore activities, mangroves
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy The Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS), a local environmental body, is training young women, including six...
State-of-the-art abattoir at Garden of Eden; new pump station for Greenwich Park
Seven contracts totalling some $665 million were signed on Tuesday by the Ministry of Agriculture as part of its lists...
Jamaican company to process and package spices, seasoning at Hope Estate
Jamaican company AMJ will soon be processing and packaging spices and seasonings at Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara. The company...
Improved access to massive farmlands with $261M Ituni/ Tacama road works
The rehabilitation of the main access road in Ituni/ Tacama in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) is expected to improve access...
Blairmont estate bond being expanded to the tune of $82M; $32.8M in machinery for Berbice estates
All of the sugar produced by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) at the Blairmont Estate on the West Coast of...
$20.6M agro-processing equipment for new facilities at Fort Wellington, Watooka
The Ministry of Agriculture signed two contracts valued at $20.6 million for agro-processing equipment to be used at the new...
$20M agri project targets 12,000 farmers in Guyana, other Caribbean countries
Some 12,000 farmers from marginalised groups in Guyana, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Suriname will benefit from a five-year sustainable...
IICA, Rotary Georgetown and NAREI join forces for Beautification Project at Palms
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has signed a contractual agreement with the Rotary Club of Georgetown (RCGT)...
Guyana, Brazil closer to further develop local agri. sector
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday met with the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Roraima, Brazil,...
Guyana to develop a National Forest Certification Scheme
(Guyana Forestry Commission press release) – Guyana’s forests cover approximately 87 per cent of the country’s total surface area with...
