As climate change worsens, gov’t secures insurance for 6,000 rice farmers
Three years after consistent global negotiations, the government has made a breakthrough, securing funding for climate insurance that will benefit some 6,000 rice farmers...
Guyana to significantly scale down onion, red bean imports in 2 yrs -Jagdeo
Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo recently acknowledged that while food prices have been climbing, citizens can be assured that the government is actively working...
AFC Govt. will turn cane cutters into farmers of prawns, peppers, pumpkin and plantain-Ramjattan
Alluding that the sugar industry has no future, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has announced plans to chart a new path for the sector...
Sweeping transformation on the cards for GuySuCo – Presi. Ali
After five years of what President Mohamed Irfaan Ali described as a struggle to rescue the sugar industry from the crippled state it was...
Regional imports: Guyana exceeds targets, achieves 88% of food production goal one year early
As CARICOM nations work toward reducing food import bill by 2030
Guyana surpassed regional expectations for agricultural production, achieving approximately 88% of production targets...
GuySuCo key to food security, national growth – Jagdeo
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has pushed back against recent criticisms targeting President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s remarks at the Enmore Martyrs, stressing that...
Over 20 proposals under review to transform Enmore estate into industrial hub-Pres. Ali
The tight-knit, sugar-backed community of Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara is poised for massive economic transformation as the government reviews dozens of...
Guyana, CARICOM Fund ink US$18M deal to help 4,300 farmers
The Government of Guyana and the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Development Fund (CDF) recently signed a US$18 million financing agreement, to kickstart the Agricultural and...
Pres. Ali unveils plans for GuySuCo to produce other crops; turn sugar workers into...
Though sugar may never return to its glory days of being a significant revenue earner, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured that the Guyana...
Govt. spending over $400M on facility to produce 1 million disease-free plantlets annually
A $402.5 million tissue culture and micropropagation facility is currently under construction at the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI). This forms part...
