FAO donates $9.6M in safety gear for fisherfolk
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Tuesday handed over a quantity of safety equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture’s...
Victoria farmers to soon benefit from farm-to-market road- Min. Mustapha assures
Farmers from Victoria Village on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) will soon benefit from better access to their farmlands with the construction of...
Guyana, CDB launch projects to boost food safety, enhance livestock market access
The Government of Guyana, through its Ministry of Agriculture, has partnered with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to launch two pivotal projects today. This...
Agri. Ministry inks over $160M in contracts for development works
Several agencies under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday signed contracts valued at $161,722,032 to further their development works.
A contract valued...
Rice exports earn a whopping $45.2B for 2023- Minister Mustapha
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed on Saturday that rice exports earnings soared to $45.2 billion for 2023. He said this is approximately $3 billion...
Forestry production remained under 400,000m3 for three consecutive years
While the deforestation rates in Guyana post-2015 remain the lowest in 9 years, forestry production reflects the total opposite. In fact, yields during 2015...
High demand in oil, mining sectors kept livestock subsector afloat last year
Though the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors bore the brunt of the impact of the unprecedented floods last year, some subsectors still managed to...
Guyana among several nations to benefit from US$230M fund to transform agri-systems
Guyana along with scores of other states vulnerable to climate change impacts is set to benefit from a multimillion-dollar fund that will help to...
Six Guyanese, 1 Brazilian partner for multi-million dollar corn and soya bean project
Six local companies namely, Guyana Stock Feed Ltd, Royal Chicken, Edun Farms, SBM Wood, Dubulay Ranch, and Bounty Farm Ltd, have partnered with Brazilian-owned...
Agri. Ministry spent $1.2B last year to increase farmers access to prime lands
In keeping with its pledge to increase crop and livestock production countrywide, the Agriculture Ministry expended $1.2B for the development of several farm-to-market roads....
