๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐, ๐.๐.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐
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๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐: โ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ง๐โ
Agriculture Month 2026 is being observed at a time when food security has assumed even greater importance globally. Climate change, extreme weather events, disruptions to global supply chains, and continued uncertainty in international markets remind us that a nationโs ability to produce its own food is fundamental to its resilience, stability and prosperity. Here at home, strengthening El Niรฑo conditions and the associated risks of drier periods and higher temperatures further underscore the importance of climate-resilient agriculture, effective water management, and preparedness.
Our theme, โInnovate, Nourish, Grow: Building a Strong and Sustainable Guyana,โ speaks directly to the transformation taking place across Guyanaโs agricultural sector. It reflects the direction in which we are taking agriculture and the opportunities that lie ahead.
We must innovate by embracing science, technology, research, mechanisation, digital agriculture and climate-smart production systems. We must nourish our people by ensuring access to safe, affordable, nutritious and reliable supplies of food, while strengthening Guyanaโs food sovereignty and advancing our contribution to regional food and nutrition security. And we must grow by increasing productivity, creating opportunities and jobs, empowering women, attracting young people to agriculture and building stronger rural communities.
Agriculture remains one of the Government of Guyanaโs highest development priorities. We continue to make strategic investments in drainage and irrigation, farm-to-market infrastructure, agro-processing, research, training and technology. These investments are strengthening productivity and competitiveness across the agricultural value chain and delivering tangible results, with the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector recording growth of 11.5 per cent in 2025.
This progress reinforces agricultureโs vital role in Guyanaโs economic diversification and long-term prosperity. While Government continues to create the enabling environment, the achievements of our sector ultimately reflect the hard work, resilience and determination of our farmers, fisherfolk, agro-processors and agricultural workers.
Innovation is at the heart of the transformation of Guyanaโs agriculture sector. Through greater use of technology, research, mechanisation and climate-smart production systems, we are helping our producers increase productivity, improve efficiency, strengthen resilience and compete in an increasingly modern agri-food economy.
This transformation is already evident in the use of drone-assisted operations, hydroponic farming, the Farmers Connect App, digital technologies, tunnel-ventilated poultry systems and other modern production methods.
Rice production has increased from approximately 500,000 tonnes in 2020 to 810,299 tonnes in 2025, demonstrating the tremendous progress being made in one of Guyanaโs most important agricultural industries. At the same time, we continue efforts to modernise and diversify the sugar industry while expanding aquaculture, livestock and agro-processing.
Together, these developments are transforming Guyanaโs agricultural landscape and creating new opportunities across high-value crops, aquaculture, apiculture and value-added food production.
We are also investing in cold storage, logistics and market infrastructure to help producers reduce post-harvest losses, improve efficiency and reach new markets. The development of the Regional Food Hub and supporting infrastructure will further strengthen Guyanaโs position as a reliable supplier of high-quality agricultural products to regional and international markets.
The significance of agriculture extends far beyond production figures and economic indicators. At its heart, agriculture is about people. Our diversification efforts are helping to ensure that families have access to safe, affordable and nutritious food, while creating livelihoods, generating income and strengthening communities.
With production across 15 priority commodities increasing by 27.9 per cent between 2020 and 2025, Guyana is strengthening its capacity to meet domestic demand while playing an increasingly important role in regional food security and supporting CARICOMโs Vision 25 x 2025+5 target of reducing the Regionโs food import bill by 25 per cent by 2030.
We are also expanding opportunities for women and young people throughout the agricultural value chain. The future of agriculture depends on attracting a new generation of innovators, producers, entrepreneurs and business leaders. Through greater access to training, technology, financing and productive resources, we are working to ensure that agriculture remains a sector of opportunity, entrepreneurship and aspiration.
Throughout Agriculture Month, we will bring agriculture closer to our people through a range of activities across the country, including farmersโ markets, the inaugural Farmersโ Conference and the Annual Honey Fest, among others.
These activities provide important opportunities to showcase the work of our farmers and agro-processors, strengthen connections between producers and consumers, exchange knowledge and celebrate the people whose hard work continues to drive the development of Guyanaโs agriculture sector.
As we mark Agriculture Month 2026, we reaffirm our commitment to building an agriculture sector that is innovative, resilient, competitive and inclusive; a sector that feeds our people, creates prosperity for our producers, strengthens our communities and reinforces Guyanaโs leadership in regional food and nutrition security.
The future of Guyanaโs agriculture holds tremendous opportunity. Our responsibility is to seize that opportunity, invest wisely, embrace innovation, and ensure that the benefits of agricultural development reach our farmers, our families, and our communities.
Together, we can build a stronger and more sustainable Guyana.
Together, let us Innovate, Nourish and Grow.
Happy Agriculture Month 2026!
