GRDB probing seizure of $4.6M in rice shipped to Jamaica
Over the weekend, reports surfaced that 70 metric tonnes of White Cinderella rice, valued at approximately $4.6 million, had been confiscated by Jamaica’s Industries,...
Gov’t buys 112 tractors to boost agriculture in Amerindian villages
The PPP/C Administration has bought 112 tractors to deliver to Amerindian villages as part of its efforts to stimulate agriculture production. Minister of Amerindian...
Gov’t promises more consultations as rice millers raise concern over declining World Market prices
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, along with Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, Vikash Ramkissoon, and Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility...
IICA unveils latest guide for strengthening regional food systems
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, recently welcomed the unveiling of a document titled, "On 'broken' food systems and other narratives" by the Inter-American Institute...
Guyana, Brazil discuss strengthening collaboration in cattle, agro-processing industries
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha today met with a visiting delegation from Brazil led by Governor Antonio Oliverio García de Almeida of the State of...
Kato, Monkey Mountain farmers benefit from $32M in equipment to boost agriculture
Through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Rural Agriculture Infrastructure Development Project (RAID), farmers from the villages of Kato and Monkey Mountain in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni)...
Govt goes to French Court to recover US$1.1B owed by Panama over rice deals
Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall has revealed that the Government of Guyana has now gone to the International Chamber of...
Guyana will have no need to import roses by 2024; flowers now as cheap...
The Ministry of Agriculture’s One Guyana ‘Cut Rose’ Project which aims to reduce the heavy importation of roses, is proving to be a successful...
Mustapha calls for coordinated regional action, increased investment to end hunger, poverty
Addressing delegates from Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the...
Guyana is world’s largest producer of Atlantic seabob, industry worth US$50M-Int’l Body
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Guyana is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic seabob, a commercially important...
