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...
Edghill flags contractors over slothful work at Mahaicony sea defence; to engage third company
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill on Thursday urged BK International and A&S General Contractors Inc. to complete the fixing of...
Mahaicony sea defence collapses yet again; $145m to fix breach
A new section of the sea defence structure at Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) has collapsed and...
PPP will stick to promise to reopen sugar estates – Agri Minister
Below is a statement from Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha The Former President has jumped on board the bandwagon along...
Canals, drains to be cleaned as Agri. Minister visits flood-hit Corentyne villages
In his first field trip since assuming the post of Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Sunday visited the East...
GuySuCo loses $37.9M from strikes during first crop
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) on Monday said it lost $37.9M as a result of 50 strike actions during...
Hydromet Dept. issues warnings ahead of Tropical Storm Gonzalo
See fulll statement from the Hydromet office below: Tropical Storm Gonzalo. The National Hurricane Centre has informed the territories in...
NICIL harvests over 350 acres of rice from Wales Estate
The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has harvested over 350 acres of paddy from lands at the former...
GRDB earns US$99M from rice exports
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has exported 242,812 tons of rice between January and May 2020 earning $99,000,000 USD....
Treasury incapable of bailing out GuySuCo
The APNU+AFC Government says it is unable to bailout the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which is on the brink of...
Police break-up protest by Uitvlugt sugar workers
The protest action by workers of the Uitvlugt Estate factory continued on Thursday morning but Police stepped in and caused...
Ministry of Business to establish new agency to assist famers impacted by COVID-19
The Government of Guyana is working to assist farmers who have been impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In an...
Citizens can get vouchers from gov’t to buy seeds, tools to start kitchen gardens
As the global COVID19 Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect many Guyanese, the Rural Affairs Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture...
Komal Chand passes on; described as “a champion fighter” by Ali
Long-serving Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) member and president, Komal Chand, has passed on. With a solid grounding...
COVID-19: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation urges all to plant kitchen gardens
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is urging persons to take up kitchen gardening as they...
Forest concessions revoked from Baishanlin, others up for grabs
The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has announced that it is ready to allocate lands which it revoked from Chinese company...
$89.6M Sluice and Revetment commissioned in Leguan
An $89.6M sluice and revetment project at Thierens on the Essequibo Island of Leguan was commissioned on Wednesday benefiting over...
GuySuCo reports production shortfall; says Plantation White project to start this year
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has reported a sugar production shortfall of 17,000 tonnes for 2019. The Corporation said a...
Reg. 9 farmers receive cassava harvesting machine
Farmers of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region are now better equipped to harvest their cassava crops, following the donation of...
