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...
Farmers getting better price for paddy – GRDB
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has reported that as harvesting for the second rice crop gains momentum, paddy prices...
Sugar museum, heritage park among plans to diversify estates
By Bibi Khatoon The sugar industry is one of the oldest industries in Guyana having started when the country was...
Finance Ministry approves $460M for emergency sea defence works at Mahaicony
The Ministry of Finance has approved a contingency allocation of over $400M to undertake emergency sea defence works at Mahaicony,...
High tides alert
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure would like to advise the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring...
Collapsed sea defence at Mahaicony sealed
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that the breached sea defence at Dantzig, Mahaicony, East Coast of Demerara...
Major poultry producers say chicken shortage will end this week
The country’s major poultry producers have assured that the current chicken shortage would be rectified this week, the Guyana Livestock...
Collapsed sea defence: resources diverted to protect farmlands in Mahaicony
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure says it is conducting emergency works at Dantzig, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) to assist...
Sea defence collapses in Mahaicony; over 1,000 acres of farmlands under threat
By Bibi Khatoon Farmers at Columbia and Dantzig, Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are fearful they will...
GuySuCo looks to produce 50,000 tonnes of white sugar at Albion
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is looking to supply the local and regional market with white sugar. The state-owned...
‘I am not here to bury sugar industry’: President meets with Albion workers
President David Granger on Friday assured sugar workers that his Government will not close the sugar industry but is rather...
$50M for irrigation & agri. services in Region 8
Following an Outreach to several villages in Region Eight, the Ministry of Agriculture, through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority...
Rejected rice in Panama was switched before shipment – GRDB
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has concluded that the 33 containers of rice which were returned from Panama in...
GT to get new pumps as Gov’t takes over main city drainage
Georgetown will get three new pumps being procured by the Ministry of Agriculture to better manage the city’s drainage. Minister...
Gov’t, DDL partner to develop dairy, juice production
The Government of Guyana and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have agreed to examine the implementation of a private/public partnership to...
President meets with protesting sugar workers, promises severance by year-end
Over $7 billion in supplementary funding will be sourced next week, some of which will be used to make the...
100 acres of corn to be harvested at Ebini
New Frontier (NF) Agriculture, today announced that its farm at Ebini is set to harvest it’s a test crop, of...
GuySuCo on track to achieve 2018 second crop production target
Despite several challenges following the changes in the industry, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is on track to achieve its...
14 investors eye sugar estates
Approximately 14 investors have met with officials on the privatisation of the three sugar estates, raising concerns about taxation, work...
